Home town relic

[dave in iowa]

I found this nice wooded match stick holder , it has the striker on the bottom , from my hometown, dubuque iowa , from about 1900-1920 .

The writing reads, compliments of the dubuqe malting co. brewers of lager beer , dubuque iowa

 

[Sir Digs-A-Lot]

Nice. What exactly is written on it?

 

[BuckleBoy]

Nice. What exactly is written on it?

The writing reads, compliments of the dubuqe malting co. brewers of lager beer , dubuque iowa

Now that That's cleared up...



I think that is a Great find! Anything that has local history in this hobby is Wonderful. I have dug very, Very few items that could be traced to local manufacturers. They've all been since I moved to a city--and even now I have still dug only a few.


Sweet!



-Buckles

 

[grafter]

nice find

 

[goldencoin]

neat, I found one from a nearby hotel once, but it wasn't engraved like that, truly unique

HH
-GC

 

[allen]

that is a really cool find !!!

 

[Giant056]

That is too cool them match stick holders are really neat, I've never found one, I did see another guy post a gold one found in Cal.

 

[Michigan Badger]

Love those kinds of finds

Badger

 

[cntrydncr1]

Dave that is very nice!! What a sweet find.

 

[maceman66]

Nice find Dave!!!!!!

 

[Kent in AL]

Awesome local find! A true piece of local history.

kent

 

[sniffer]

that's something you don't find everyday, nice find

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

I think that is a Great find! Anything that has local history in this hobby is Wonderful. I have dug very, Very few items that could be traced to local manufacturers. They've all been since I moved to a city--and even now I have still dug only a few.

-Buckles

I agree with BB. That is one of the exciting things about this hobby. Digging local historic artifacts. Unfortunately, unless you live near a manufacturing city, the chances of finding something like that are slim.

Nearly all of my manufactured finds, and even most of my buttons are stamped Philadelphia, which is only 10 miles away. Trenton, about 40 miles to my north is a close second.

As they say in the real estate industry, "location, location, location!"

Awesome find!

 

[mcmurphi]

What a great find and keepsake. Very nice!

 

[JerV3]

That's a great relic man.

I love those kind of finds

HH Jer

 

[kimsdad]

Wow!! I've dug only one match safe, and it was rusted and corroded. Great find!