A gold & silver kinda day.......

[randall61]

A gold & silver kinda day.......

went out to a large play ground & found a 1940 merc,bet someones dad is missing one in their collection.Also came away with a gold angel,a silver heart & a lead thing that says quaker state. a pretty good day.


thanks for viewing,

Randall

 

[Evolution]

Re: A gold & silver kinda day.......

Nice array of finds.

 

[tymcmurray]

Re: A gold & silver kinda day.......

Good hunt.
Nice finds.

 

[LI Tom]

Re: A gold & silver kinda day.......

No Randall,it was a very good day!

 

[ModernMiner]

Re: A gold & silver kinda day.......

Congrats Randall.
-MM-

 

[Nana40]

Re: A gold & silver kinda day.......

Yep! That was a great day hunting! 8) Do you know what the Quaker thing is?

Congrats! Nana

 

[MD Dog]

Re: A gold & silver kinda day.......

I hate to show my age here but back in the day(50s-60s), Quaker state oil came with a wire and seal enclosure on their cardboard and tin foil cans of motor oil. The lead thingy was the closure of the wire seal. :P

 

[dave-enc]

Re: A gold & silver kinda day.......

real nice finds wtg, that angel is very nice and merc looks good too

hh
dave+bobbie

 

[DaChief]

Re: A gold & silver kinda day.......

Right on with the lead seal thingy MD Dog. The little rusty area is part of the small steel wire embedded in the lead and used as a tie. They are very collectible and many folks will throw them away not knowing so.

Great finds!

 

[MD Dog]

Re: A gold & silver kinda day.......

oh my I had no idea they were collectable :P

 

[Leon]

Re: A gold & silver kinda day.......

Very nice finds, Congrats!!!
Love the little gold angel... Good tip about the "Quaker State" seal guys,,, That kinda info does come in handy...
Continued Good luck, & Happy hunting~

 

[renegade_7]

Re: A gold & silver kinda day.......

Cool digs. Wonder how that merc got there?

 

[SgtSki in MI]

Re: A gold & silver kinda day.......

I hate to show my age here but back in the day(50s-60s), Quaker state oil came with a wire and seal enclosure on their cardboard and tin foil cans of motor oil. The lead thingy was the closure of the wire seal. :P

LOL...Now if we can get Dri-Power back on the shelves. Clean your carb, intake, valves, combustion chambers, cylinders AND fog the yard for mosquitos at the SAME TIME! It was still around but hard to find when I had JUST started tinkering with vehicles, I haven't seen it since about 1982 or so when I was 16-17.