Lake Michigan Teardown Finds

[Gypsy Heart]

Stopped at a teardown along Lake Michigan yesterday ....construction guys told me to "have at it " then laughed because it was pretty trashy.....they had just taken down the walls and front porch....so I was able to find a couple of things...in about twenty minutes.
I dont know what the round thing is. But...the little tab on it is silver (which is weird) and says E 9 1/2 and the backside is "New Departure" I think. I found the key /coin holder about five feet from one of the construction workers...hahaha... still full of coins all in the 70's...I like the little carpet sweeper advertisement promo " IT BEATS AS IT SWEEPS AS IT CLEANS.....SUPER"...the compact says "Lournay" and the bottle says "Hind's Honey and Almond Cream A.S. Hinds Co Bloomfield NJ

 

[birdman]

Very nice Gypsy! That bottle is cool.

 

[mastereagle22]

I may be mistaken but that looks like an old bicycle bell.

 

[Gypsy Heart]

I may be mistaken but that looks like an old bicycle bell.

Why would the little tab be silver? Dont you think thats strange...No Fair...none of my bikes ever had silver on them ...LOL

 

[LadyDigger]

OMG...you found my bell that fell off my bike!!! Thank You!

I had one like that....it had a nice ring to it...

Nice finds....

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

I may be mistaken but that looks like an old bicycle bell.

Agree with mastereagle22, bicycle bell.
CaChing, CaChing, CaChing.

Nice finds Gypsy.
Thanks for posting.

have a good un..........
SHERMANVILLE

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Nice finds Gypsy! Lake Michigan? Aren't you in Wisconsin? The silver thingy looks like a bicycle bell but why would the ringer lever be silver? HH, Mike

 

[davesx]

How many coins in the holder? saved you digin lots of holes
Agree on the bicycle bell.
Nice lot of finds.
Dave.

 

[DCMatt]

NEW DEPARTURE ball and roller bearings

Around 1888, E.D. Rockwell and A.F. Rockwell, who ran a hardware store in Florida, invented a doorbell run by clockwork called the "New Departure Bell". It was named so, because it was unlike anything else on the market. In 1889 they organized the New Departure Bell Company in Bristol, Connecticut, and later added a bicycle bell [/font] that became very popular.

DCMatt

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Dave : four each....quarters ..nickels...dimes

I am in Wisconsin Mike...driving back and forth to Michigan for a bit.

Dang...Bike bell Hey?....Here I thought I had something really good....LOL....
We were lucky to get a cow bell hung on our bikes...I remember my sister got a Tweety Bird Horn ....that was big excitement on the farm....hahahaha

 

[Bavaria Mike]

I stand geographically corrected, didn't realize all of WI's eastern border was lake Michigan. I learned something, LOL. HH, Mike

 

[Gypsy Heart]

I stand geographically corrected, didn't realize all of WI's eastern border was lake Michigan. I learned something, LOL. HH, Mike

Shhhhh.....we call it Lake Wisconsin on our side

 

[Bavaria Mike]

No "W" in the great lakes, LOL. HOMES=Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior. Might be worth telling the girls, easy way to remember the great lakes. HH, Mike

 

[ModernMiner]

Gypsy,
Very cool finds. I love that little sweeper. Is it from Stewart Little's house?
When I first saw that black piece in the first picture, I thought it was a toe divider for a three-toed sloth.
Congrats to you,
MM

 

[Colonial KirkPA]

You are a trrrreasure hunter! Good day.

 

[tymcmurray]

Nice finds.
Way to go looking for a treasure hunting opportunity!

 

[Boobydoo]

A lot of cool finds Gypsy, congrats. Love the little carpet cleaner thingie.

Smiles!
BDoo

 

[Green1]

i like the change thingy !! would've been awesome if it was full of silver !!

 

[Nana40]

Well..I'm rather fond of that old bottle! And yeah..the bicycle bell is neat too! I never had one either! Was always the city kids that had those fancy bells!

Congrats on those finds! Nana

 

[Skrimpy]

Whats that bottle say on it? Cant read it. What does the top look like?