Help ID Masons jar....

[7creeks]

Help ID Mason's jar....

Found this while out metal detecting. Can anyone give me any information and date this jar?

 

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[yakker]

That's a decent find, I think- especially since you have the lid there too (which is probably why you found it w/ a metal detector, no?). Here's some information which will help you out I think. Yakker

Mason's Patent Nov 30th 1858 fruit jars

 

[7creeks]

That's a decent find, I think- especially since you have the lid there too (which is probably why you found it w/ a metal detector, no?). Here's some information which will help you out I think. Yakker

Mason's Patent Nov 30th 1858 fruit jars

Thanks for the site. Still can not figure a date out yet. Yes the lid is the reason I found it. To bad it wasn't full of silver.

 

[coinman123]

I think your mason jar is a Boyd's mason jar from the late 1800's. The porcelain lid underneath the metal lid most likely has writing. I have found one in a trash pit from the mid 1880's through late 1890's. Underneath the metal of the lid, there is porcelain lid. Here is a photo of a porcelain lid (Not sure if it is the same kind of jar as yours though). Great find!