cool little pice of history...

bcs123

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well made it out for a couple of minnets and found some clad and this little jem piece it sayes "Eveready pat Dec. 17, 1912 other pats pending"well i did a little research and found the story on it...it was a flashlight battery cover from Eveready flashlights maid in 1912 how about that for a city park and to top it off it was only 2 and a half inches down heres a link to the info i got on it http://www.rubylane.com/ni/shops/timestreasures/iteml/2005-000268?zoom=1
 

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hollowpointred

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great job on the id! its an interesting find.
 

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Nice! Too bad the rest of it wasn't attached to it. I personally didn't realize they'd been making battery-operated flashlights for that long. Neat! -Noodle
 

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SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS

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B,

Nice artifact.

Half the fun is finding it, other half is spending
the time getting the story on what it is.

Very nice.

have a good un...............
 

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bcs123

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SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS said:
B,

Nice artifact.

Half the fun is finding it, other half is spending
the time getting the story on what it is.

Very nice.

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



yea amazingly it only took about 20 min to find the info on it and to get pics too was the best for me ....im gonna go back when i get more time and tro to see if the rest is still there
 

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bcs123

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thinks i cant wait to get back there tomarow ans see what i find
 

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Neat, Brian! Don't ya love it when there is some sort of ID'ing mark on those finds...

Congrats and good luck tomorrow! Nana :)
 

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