Dump find

[nhbenz]

Found this fob in a bucket of roofing nails at the dump today. Reads; "His Master's Voice" below and "Victor" on the phonogaph. I found that it pre-dates the association with RCA, which puts it before 1929. The back reads "compliments Oliver Ditson Co., Boston". English muffin is for size reference.

 

[BuckleBoy]

With the original enamel on it, and in Mint condition, I bet that thing is worth some Serious Bucks...


Nice size references. I will post a candied yam beside my next find in the What Is It section.




-Buckles

 

[COUNTRY GIRL]

That fob is awesome! I just had to grab a bag of chips. LMAO!

 

[Chico Rico]

Nice English Muffin and tater tot.
I have a violin that was a thrift store find and was imported by Oliver Ditson and Co.
It's an old german Violin from the 1920's .
I restored it and boy can that fiddle talk! Makes thems new fiddle stix seem like kazoos!
It was an early mass produced violin, who knew these things got better w/ age?
Congrats!

 

[nhbenz]

With the original enamel on it, and in Mint condition, I bet that thing is worth some Serious Bucks...
-Buckles

I've been rather stunned to find out how true this is. There was apparently a version of this with silver as the base metal (rather than brass like mine) that sells for over $1000!!! That seems absolutely preposterous to me. As I told a friend, its not like these things were carried into battle.
I got very very lucky not to have damaged this... I mentioned it was in a bucket of roofing nails, I didn't mention that I'd dumped these nails (and fob) into a box. Originally it was the bucket I wanted... roofing nails are of no use to me (I'm scared of heights and not afraid to admit it).
I'd like to think I weren't responsible for the top tab being slightly bent, but I don't know.

 

[Shortstack]

You have a great find there. I'm a dump picker, too. People throw away the dangest things. Oh, by the way. I would have used the table knife that I'd buttered and jellied that warmed up muffin with as my "size comparison" object. ( burp )

One last point. Generally speaking, old watch fobs are more valuable than most folks think.

 

[Harry_Morant]

It looks like Austrailian toaster biscuit!!! They make my mouth water!!!

I'm from Australia (as if you didn't know) - what the hell is an Australian Toaster Biscuit?? The only things we have that resemble muffins are muffins. We have crumpets - sure they're round but with holes to allow the butter and honey to soak in mmmmm

Hopefully you didn't find the muffin in the dumpster too.

 

[Marc(NB)]

now that is a terrific find!!!!Congrats!

 

[TimC (North Alabama)]

Nice find and probably pretty rare too!

Let's go to Micky Dees

 

[Damon64]

I'm from Australia (as if you didn't know) - what the hell is an Australian Toaster Biscuit?? The only things we have that resemble muffins are muffins. We have crumpets - sure they're round but with holes to allow the butter and honey to soak in mmmmm

It was a reference to an American commercial a few years back featuring a young Aussie girl saying that phrase while eating an English muffin. They were packaged as "Australian toaster biscuits".

"They make me mouth wa-tah!"

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

You need a nice, home baked pie for reference for the muffin! Nice stuff!

 

[Michiganne]

What a sweet find! And that tater tot is the funniest thing I've seen all day.

HH

 

[riverite]

Thought you put the goodies there for nipper