ID help needed

RJH02 · Mar 3, 2011

Hi, I found these items yesterday in a field on the farm I live on. I think the smaller item is from an old gas/oil lamp because the threads match a piece of another gas/lamp item I found a month earlier on another part of the farm.The large item is about the size of a 9 volt battery, I think it's brass and has alot of holes in it for some reason, any ideas? Thanks.

nova treasure · Mar 3, 2011

the larger piece looks like the back of a padlock.

Bill

Montana Jim · Mar 3, 2011

I'm wondering what part of a lamp you think that is?

Maybe something more ordinary?

RJH02 · Mar 3, 2011

Just a guess because it has the same threads as this. Can someone post a pic of this style of lamp?

tabdog · Mar 3, 2011

RJH02 said:
Just a guess because it has the same threads as this. Can someone post a pic of this style of lamp?

That is a fitting, not a lamp.

Can you post a photo of the smaller hole?

That could show what it was for. Most were for gas,
but some were for water lines on steam engine boiler
gauges and a few other places, depending on the
type of boiler.

Happy Huntin,

Tabdog

Tony in SC · Mar 3, 2011

The small item looks like a banjo type fitting for a fuel line to an old carburator. Tony

Silver Searcher · Mar 4, 2011

I think your small find is part of a throttle linkage... :icon_thumleft:

SS

Dano Sverige · Mar 4, 2011

Small one reminds me of the gas taps we used to have on desktops in the science rooms at school. Rubber tube from the Bunsen burner used to slip over the end with the nobbly bit.

nova treasure · Mar 4, 2011

Silver Searcher said:
I think your small find is part of a throttle linkage...

SS

It does look like one, but his find in the ball part is threaded and the throttle linkage is slick where it can swivel freely. I still use this type linkage on my Chevy ll Nova's.

Bill

Chug And Red · Mar 4, 2011

I was thinking of a older grease fitting!! Chug

RJH02 · Mar 4, 2011

Thanks everyone for your input. I first thought of a fuel line fitting or something similar , I only guessed at the lamp part because the threads matched the fitting to the gas lamp I found earlier and ID'ed here http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,375567.0.html .

The farm I live on is 125 acres and dates back to the 1750's, there is a 1/4 mile or more of stagecoach road on the property, so far finds are few and far in between but it's just a matter of time before the good finds start popping up. It's nice to know there are lots of nice people here willing to help ID items found.