Got an INDIAN HELP????

cwdigger · Mar 12, 2009

Goto out for a little while today and got some intresting finds along with the all famous what is its. The 1st piece of for guesses is an Indian :icon_scratch:

dont have a freakin clue $:-\$

Then I got these little things that I think are rifle sights but again dont have a clue?

So anybody have any idea I would much rather know about the injun I thought it may be part of a cane but it is broken in 3 places, or maybe a fire poker, a sword :icon_scratch:

I just dont know. HELP PLEASE!!

Thanks guys and gals
HH

Cw

Mich. Wolverine · Mar 12, 2009

The Indian might be a hood ornament and the broken things are from a musical instrument. I was told they were from a squeezebox but don't know if that is correct.

Wolverine.

jeff of pa · Mar 12, 2009

Pump organ reeds
the two just to the right of them
looks like parts of a Harmonica reed from the Pic.

cwdigger · Mar 12, 2009

jeff of pa said:
Pump organ reeds
the two just to the right of them
looks like parts of a Harmonica reed from the Pic.

Pump organ reeds huh

got a pic of what that looks like :icon_scratch:

The two to the right of that are harmonica reeds and one still actually has the little brass bands on it.

Montana Jim · Mar 12, 2009

jeff of pa · Mar 12, 2009

first pic on the left is a bent one

And Bottom Pic in the First Post
is a Close Up

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,71394.0.html

Montana Jim · Mar 12, 2009

And the button is a general staff officer's US Army eagle button... no way to know how ols without examining the back mark.

dozer dan · Mar 12, 2009

old pontiac hood emblem

Montana Jim · Mar 12, 2009

I'm not convinced it's a hood ornament... Possibly a cast iron/lead toy?

DD-777 · Mar 12, 2009

dozer dan said:
old pontiac hood emblem

As much as I thought it was a Pontiac hood emblem, it's not. It's definitely a hood ornament - an "accessory" hood ornament (aftermarket from way back when). Check out the link...

The tenth one down from the top of the page.

http://ken-thornton.com/m_male.html

Awesome find by the way... :thumbsup:

Montana Jim · Mar 12, 2009

DD-777 said:
dozer dan said:

old pontiac hood emblem

Click to expand...

As much as I thought it was a Pontiac hood emblem, it's not. It's definitely a hood ornament - an "accessory" hood ornament (aftermarket from way back when). Check out the link...

The tenth one down from the top of the page.

http://ken-thornton.com/m_male.html

Awesome find by the way...

Great ID! I keep looking for a "bow" not a "spear" - nice work!

And I did'nt think it was a hood ornament... ::)

Bigcypresshunter · Mar 12, 2009

cwdigger said:
jeff of pa said:

Pump organ reeds
the two just to the right of them
looks like parts of a Harmonica reed from the Pic.

Click to expand...

Pump organ reeds huh got a pic of what that looks like The two to the right of that are harmonica reeds and one still actually has the little brass bands on it.

Nice ID DD-777 on the Indian.. I think we can put up the green check.

Heres a photo gallery of reed organs. http://www.reedsoc.org/organs/default.htm I have a folding reed organ just like this one.

Ramitt · Mar 14, 2009

Based on the number of those reeds found, every 3rd person must have owned one in the 18th and early 20th century.

jeff of pa · Mar 14, 2009

Ramitt said:
Based on the number of those reeds found, every 3rd person must have owned one in the 18th and early 20th century.

I'm sure the Medicine shows of the Era had them.

along with the Traveling Preachers.
and carnivals.

I Believe everyone must have owned a Harmonica
also :P

don't remember having a Key from an Organ show up yet
I Wonder if "Tickeling the Ivory's" meant those
old ones were Ivory :wink:

I Hunted an old Railroad Builders Camp once.
Only coin was a Chinese Cache Coin
but it was loaded with Harmonica Pieces.

They must have all sat around Jamming after the days Work.