very interesting find today!!!

[Xhunter911]

I was out this morning detecting an old foundation from the 1800's and found this beauty in the deep black soil!! I had no clue what it was, honestly it just looked like an old carburator to me so I came home and to do some research.. I found out that it is a Bicycle or motorcycle Lantern from 1890 made by The Badger Brass MFG co.. Model Solar...
After seeing many pics on the net I now see that I am missing a few peices that go with the lantern, so in the morning Im gonna head out to find the rest of the puzzle "minus the broken glass".. Here is a before and after cleanup shot... pretty cool



cleanup with a little baking soda & lemon juice

 

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[rob.s]

Great find and hope you find the rest of it!

 

[jimb]

Now that is something that you do not see everyday! Good find!

 

[KSHilltopper]

Awesome! How deep was it?

 

[jewelerguy]

very cool bicycle lantern!

 

[Aussie]

Thats nice, looks like it has vent holes, wonder if its an old carbide lantern

 

[xr7ator]

Cool and unique...go get them parts. Maybe something else whilst your out there as well. HH

 

[Xhunter911]

It was about 8-10" down..

Awesome! How deep was it?

 

[badski78]

What a great find. And it cleaned up real nice. Good job.

 

[hamiddetecting]

Nice find!

 

[Terry Soloman]

Wow! Congratulations!!!

 

[Marinehunter]

Very nice find and it did clean up well, hope you find more

 

[Xhunter911]

Just an update for the bicycle lanteren, I searched the site for almost 8 hrs and I didn't come up with the rest of the missing lantern parts.. but I did recover 2 axe heads and a part of an old pocket watch.. I will post pics later

 

[Giant056]

Big congrats on the neat old lantern

 

[Ifoundit69]

Awesome score , ive got one of those I found a few years back while digging old bottles mine had a red stone on one side and a green one on the other . It was in good shape but when the earth quake hit awhile back it feel off the shelf along with some of my old 1800's bottles and broke in two but I still have it .. Congrats !

 

[Xhunter911]

Awesome score , ive got one of those I found a few years back while digging old bottles mine had a red stone on one side and a green one on the other . It was in good shape but when the earth quake hit awhile back it feel off the shelf along with some of my old 1800's bottles and broke in two but I still have it .. Congrats !

Sorry to hear that loss man!! Wish mine was a little more complete with glass etc

 

[Gunrunner61]

Cool find and i hope you find the rest of your latern HH

 

[oldsalty19]

 

[GetReal]

Nice find

 

[Captaindoodle]

Great find...can't recall seeing one of those dug before.

HH,
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