A few unknowns

[mdj]

Any ideas?

 

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[Mackaydon]

One object looks like a rein guide; maybe the object to its left is also part of another rein guide.
Don......

 

[Plug N Play]

I think you're finding parts of a lightning rod installation, including insulator mounts.
Watch for the glass to go with them.

 

[Yak1366]

Nice finds, Congrats!!

Just guessing, but could that item on the right be a syringe?

 

[mick56]

The brown porcelain object looks like a lightning arrestor. They may have run an antenna wire for a radio outside, up into a tree or pole. The arrestor would have gone inline of the wire, to prevent a lightning strike from entering the home.

 

[A2coins]

I like the syringe guess and good ID on the other stuff

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

I'm seeing the broken portion of a reins guide, a complete reins guide and on the far right, the hanging portion of a window weight.
Kudos to Plug N Play on identifying the lightning rod installation hardware.

Dave

 

[ARC]

The brown porcelain object looks like a lightning arrestor. They may have run an antenna wire for a radio outside, up into a tree or pole. The arrestor would have gone inline of the wire, to prevent a lightning strike from entering the home.

Correct.

 

[Plug N Play]

 

[mdj]

Thanks for the replies! Any guesses on how old any of these might be. 30's to 40's or earlier, later? Thanks again.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

I've detected hundreds of farm sites and I can tell you that they never used anything like these here in Southern Ontario.
I think that's why these looked reins guides to me, but these pieces are obviously lightning rod installation related.

Date wise from the look of the crude glass insulators provided by Plug N Play... I'm thinking late 1800s in date.

Dave

 

[mdj]

Awesome!

 

[Reanm8er]

So you've got the arrestor, the insulator mounts and the standoffs. What's the composition of the item far right? It looks like a vial of some sort. I've see tiny flasks like that, about four inches long that must have been used by ladies during prohibition times. My Grandmother had one, which I supposed was filled with moonshine. Might only hold two ounces but two ounces of moonshine in a small woman is plenty!

Nice finds and good luck MDJ!

 

[mdj]

It's copper. The thing sticking out in the circle is like string and wire twisted together. It has a hallmark which is too faint to get a good pic of. An archer with the word CHASE underneath. It might have had a chrome coating?

 

[Florida Rat]

Item on the far right looks like it could be a spark-gap. It allows an un-grounded tower or antenna wire to "jump" to ground in the event of a lightning strike or static charge buildup. The wire within the circle acts like today's spark plugs. I use a similar device on ham radio gear today, maybe he was into morse code.