1st hunt 1890s farmhouse

[allsmith]

1st hunt 1890's farmhouse

got permish for a new spot today,, got a 1920 wheat,, some other nifty old items,, but my fav is the old tire valve cover,, have found 2 more at other sites,, didnt now what they were till today,, todays one had good writing on it,, schrader valve new york,, seems they were on 1920-1930's car wire wheels,, pretty cool!!!!! hope everbody has good luck huntin this weekend!!

 

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[Getty]

Re: 1st hunt 1890's farmhouse

GREAT digs man !! I thought schrader valve was a grease fitting?WTG on the finds!!

 

[jopher]

Re: 1st hunt 1890's farmhouse

Nice relics Smitty!Have a few of the valve stem covers in my automobilia finds as well. Congrats...joe

 

[JerV3]

Re: 1st hunt 1890's farmhouse

Looks like the site got potential.

Good Luck

Jer

 

[allsmith]

Re: 1st hunt 1890's farmhouse

here is a cool site on the shrader valve stem covers,, wow a lot of different styles

http://www.nosford.com/Tire Hardware.htm

 

[Rusted_Iron]

Re: 1st hunt 1890's farmhouse

Cool digs allsmith. I like the brass scrollwork thingie, is that circular-loop handled object separate or attached to it? Neat stuff, keep those pics coming!

 

[allsmith]

Re: 1st hunt 1890's farmhouse

Cool digs allsmith. I like the brass scrollwork thingie, is that circular-loop handled object separate or attached to it? Neat stuff, keep those pics coming!

sorry i was trying to get everthing to fit in that shot,, no, that ring thing looks like a drawer pull
but yeah the scolly lookin thing is cool!!!! im wondering if it aint a part of a oil lamp holder for the wall

 

[groundfisher]

Re: 1st hunt 1890's farmhouse

That old farmhouse is producing some nice relics.Best of luck to ya there. HH!

 

[Michigan Badger]

Re: 1st hunt 1890's farmhouse

Great thread! Thanks much for the info on the Schrader valves. I've dug several of these myself and have always wondered what they were. I figured they were valve caps but I didn't know for what.

The other relics are great too. I really like that green patina on each piece.

Badger