Singer Sewing Machine found. Do not know how old???????

[michigan michael]

I found this while out scouting new detecting spots. It is an old Singer sewing machine. Heavy little bugger to. Found in some woods. I am not sure how old this is and know it does not have value but its still a piece of history....... or a piece of something! Does anybody have an idea how old this may be?

Thanks for your input.

Michigan Michael

 

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[Bridge End Farm]

wow that is old nice find

 

[Kiwijohn]

These machines are collected all around the world. There are several databases matching serial numbers to date and place of manufacture. You just have to find the serial number
Start here
http://www.ismacs.net/home.html

 

[Leeame]

My guess is that it is an old treadle machine. The fact that there isn't a moter mounted and the wheel is the type that are easy to hand crank kind of give me that idea. Check for a plaque somewhere on the base for a serial number or model number, if you can find these you can go to the Singer website, type it in and they will give you the "birthdate" for your machine. It is cool, I found an old Singer 221 Featherweight at the Goodwill awhile back, paid $20 and could sell it on Ebay for $500+. It was " born" in 1938.


Hope this helps

Lisa in So. Oregon

 

[michigan michael]

I see a little oval shaped spot where a serial number could have been. This machine is pretty corroded. The cool thing is it still has the needle in it. It looks more like a nail than a needle but what ever it is its been there a while.
Thanks
MM

Did you end up selling yours Lisa? Cool site Kiwijohn!
Thx!

 

[Leeame]

Heck No!
The Featherweights are in high demand to quilters as a machine that makes the "Perfect Straight Stitch". Guess what, I quilt.

Tee Hee

Lisa

 

[Bridge End Farm]

Heck No!
The Featherweights are in high demand to quilters as a machine that makes the "Perfect Straight Stitch". Guess what, I quilt.

sounds like you found a treasure also congrats

Tee Hee

Lisa

 

[seger98]

Might be a neat old thimble around there, get out there & swing that detector...

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Cool! find You find that in michigan keep diigin! that would look awesome in our lodge! and yeah, GO SPARTANS

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

michigan michael,
neat.


Kiwijohn,
thanks for the site; will get
some use out of it.

have a goo un....................
SHERMANVILLE

 

[Michigan Badger]

Nice doorstop.

To be of value they must be in good shape but like you mentioned it's a neat historical piece.

MB

 

[michigan michael]

Cool! find You find that in michigan keep diigin! that would look awesome in our lodge! and yeah, GO SPARTANS

I wish I dug this..... I was scouting a wooded area and found this in a pile of concrete/rocks. I uncovered it and took it to the car. Ground is to hard to dig but, I still found my treasure!
MM

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Anyone know were the serial # is
on Singer treadle machines?

Thanks.

have a good un...........
SHERMANVILLE

 

[GL]

I love sewing machines!

The one you found could be turn of the centuryup through the 20s or so. Very cool. Be careful cleaning and preserving it. A lot of these were pinstriped and fairly ornate. A mechanical miracle of the past century. Awesome find.

We found a Singer 500A Slant-O-Matic in it's case in my grandmothers basement after she passed away. She told my wife she could have it so I grabbed it and a huge box of accessories for it. Turns out it is a very desirable machine and well respected all over from quilters to seamstresses.

 

[michigan michael]

Thanks everyone! Happy hunting!

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Cool find, we have an intact machine, wife's Grandmother used it. HH, Mike

 

[Monty]

My grandmother had a treadle machine and was quite a seamstress. I remember playing around in the floor at her side while she pumped the old treadle and made things. She always cautioned me to keep my hands away from the treadle or get pinched. I was about three years old. People tell me I have a phenominal memory but I always thought every one did and didn't realize it was unusual until I was an adult. Great find. Monty

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Anyone know were the serial # is
on Singer treadle machines?

Thanks.

have a good un...........
SHERMANVILLE

 

[kdismuke1]

NICE FIND. I LIKE IT.

 

[Leeame]

Anyone know were the serial # is
on Singer treadle machines?

Thanks.

I believe they were on the bottom on the treadles, on the ones with the moter, they are on the bottom underneath the footplate. Mine is stamped into the metal.

tootles
Lisa