Holy moly! Latest finds below our church.

[Mastiff4me]

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[nova treasure]

the first item in the red can is a 1960-1970's Prince Albert crimp cut tobacco tin.

 

[Mastiff4me]

the first item in the red can is a 1960-1970's Prince Albert crimp cut tobacco tin.

Thanks, Nova. Cool.

 

[Mastiff4me]

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You are right. Here is the other side. Do you know the approx. date of the nails?

 

[taz42o]

The Bridgeport tool is a tubing cutter.
The round item and the big oval are stove pipe dampers.
The square door is from a coal/wood stove.
The round door from a coal stove or furnace.

 

[Mastiff4me]

The Bridgeport tool is a tubing cutter.
The round item and the big oval are stove pipe dampers.
The square door is from a coal/wood stove.
The round door from a coal stove or furnace.

Yes! Go Taz!!!

 

[Mastiff4me]

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Whoops. I forgot this one.

 

[nova treasure]

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You are right. Here is the other side. Do you know the approx. date of the nails?

you find alot of square nails through the 1800's but they still make them and depending on size, would of course determine their use.

 

[Mastiff4me]

you find alot of square nails through the 1800's but they still make them and depending on size, would of course determine their use.

We recovered almost a bucket-full. The church was built in 1912. Good info, Nova. Thanks.

 

[nova treasure]

the last item looks like a chimney clean out door?

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Wow!..Thats alot of Cool stuff!..Where in Florida did you find it?

 

[CoilyGirl]

Nice finds! I was just telling my husband the other day you can find all sorts of things under houses,old buildings,etc. and here's proof.

 

[Mastiff4me]

Nice finds! I was just telling my husband the other day you can find all sorts of things under houses,old buildings,etc. and here's proof.

. Yes! Yes! Yes!!!

 

[Mastiff4me]

Wow!..Thats alot of Cool stuff!..Where in Florida did you find it?

. Saint Petersburg. I find a lot in Tampa (north) too. Where are you?

 

[Mastiff4me]

the last item looks like a chimney clean out door?

. Nova, your guess is way better than mine. I'll run with it.

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

. Saint Petersburg. I find a lot in Tampa (north) too. Where are you?

Oh Cool!...Im in Texas Now, But Im from Fort Myers. Congrats on your goodies!

 

[tamrock]

I'll bet a plumber in the past was a bit sad for losing one of his tools. Pipe cutter made back then wasn't cheap. Now you can get one made in China at the home store for maybe less then ten bucks. Yours sure is a testament of the way things used to be built. "Built to last"

 

[ModernMiner]

That old stuff looks like it could be used to make a folk art birdhouse. Hint, hint.
Neat finds young lady.
-Doug-

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

About the nails... my house was built in 1926 and it has that VERY-EXACT shape of nails in the baseboards and other "trim" in the house. That more-or-less matches up with your church's construction date. I would date that PARTICULAR shape of nails to late-1800s through first 1/3rd of the 20th-Century. But as Nova Treasure mentioned, similar-looking ones are still being manufactured and sold today.

 

[nova treasure]

About the nails... my house was built in 1926 and it has that VERY-EXACT shape of nails in the baseboards and other "trim" in the house. That more-or-less matches up with your church's construction date. I would date that PARTICULAR shape of nails to late-1800s through first 1/3rd of the 20th-Century. But as Nova Treasure mentioned, similar-looking ones are still being manufactured and sold today.

yes. My house I Live in is from the 1850's and my other home was built in 1848, they both basically had the same nail throughout. I also have a couple church pews that I restored that I use in my Foyer. they also were built with small square nails and I used some that I dug in the restoration.