My First V Nickle....

[CRUSADER]

My First 'V' Nickle....

Shaun7 was kind enough to pick me up & try some of his new stomping ground. Trouble was it was to overgrown with spring grass, so we tried some woods & some horse pasture.

Little did Shaun7 know that his first find (insitu shot) would be his last - 1799 halfpenny. :P

My day was only a little better with an 1888 Brewery barrell cap/stopper with wood still surviving. The brewery is long gone but the town was close by.

Towards the end of the day on the edge of a footpath to a wooded area was a 6inch deep 1899 'V' Nickle - a first & quite a surprise in this area.

Not much to speak of but a worthy scout on new land, which under the right conditions might be worth another go.

 

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[CRUSADER]

Re: My First 'V' Nickle....

that stopper thing looks like it has a hole in the middle!
could it have been for a fermentation type barrell, like a pressure thing?

CRU: Can you let us see the back side? How was something like that used (don't know myself)...? (photo?)

I was wondering that myself, the back has a screw thread & not much else (think of it like a screw in plug hole).
I have found only 1 other & didn't realise they had a wooden plug until this one.

Well then I guess its a plug for the filling hole in an metal keg or barrel. The Abridge Brewing Company was of
course in Abridge Essex. Found this about it

Essex:
The existence of the fair suggests that Abridge was an important village in the
18th century. A list of 1723 names three inns, the 'Crown', the 'Blue Boar', and
the 'White Hart'. In 1772 two chandlers, a victualler, and a baker are
named. In 1845 there were, in addition to the tradesmen normally found
in a growing village, an auctioneer and surveyor, a surgeon, a plumber and
glazier, a brick-maker, and a brewer. The brickmaker was still there in
1851. There had been a brewery in Abridge in 1729, when its owner is
said to have been the owner of White Hall. Abraham Oliver, brewer of
Lambourne, occurs in 1808. During the later 19th century the brewery
became the Abridge Brewery Co. This was later acquired by Whitbread &
Co. and by 1914 was being used by them as a store.The private airfield
was opened about 1935.

The Blue Boar, the building on the left with the two columns, is mid 19th-
century, and was probably built to sell the products of the Anchor Brewery,
which became the Abridge Brewery and finally a store for the Whitbread company.
However, it is mentioned on the same 18th-century list as The White Hart.

I guess something like this, only a metal barrel...

great info woody! did it say where the fair was?

i had a feeling it wasn't much of a village before the 18th century as i still havn't found anything older than georgian.
although there are some earlier buildings!

Your thinking like me, you need to know where the fair was. Drunk people every year spending & losing money etc?? where was it You need to find out!

 

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[allen]

Re: My First 'V' Nickle....

way to go on those sweet finds...

 

[shaun7]

Re: My First 'V' Nickle....

that stopper thing looks like it has a hole in the middle!
could it have been for a fermentation type barrell, like a pressure thing?

CRU: Can you let us see the back side? How was something like that used (don't know myself)...? (photo?)

I was wondering that myself, the back has a screw thread & not much else (think of it like a screw in plug hole).
I have found only 1 other & didn't realise they had a wooden plug until this one.

Well then I guess its a plug for the filling hole in an metal keg or barrel. The Abridge Brewing Company was of
course in Abridge Essex. Found this about it

Essex:
The existence of the fair suggests that Abridge was an important village in the
18th century. A list of 1723 names three inns, the 'Crown', the 'Blue Boar', and
the 'White Hart'. In 1772 two chandlers, a victualler, and a baker are
named. In 1845 there were, in addition to the tradesmen normally found
in a growing village, an auctioneer and surveyor, a surgeon, a plumber and
glazier, a brick-maker, and a brewer. The brickmaker was still there in
1851. There had been a brewery in Abridge in 1729, when its owner is
said to have been the owner of White Hall. Abraham Oliver, brewer of
Lambourne, occurs in 1808. During the later 19th century the brewery
became the Abridge Brewery Co. This was later acquired by Whitbread &
Co. and by 1914 was being used by them as a store.The private airfield
was opened about 1935.

The Blue Boar, the building on the left with the two columns, is mid 19th-
century, and was probably built to sell the products of the Anchor Brewery,
which became the Abridge Brewery and finally a store for the Whitbread company.
However, it is mentioned on the same 18th-century list as The White Hart.

I guess something like this, only a metal barrel...

great info woody! did it say where the fair was?

i had a feeling it wasn't much of a village before the 18th century as i still havn't found anything older than georgian.
although there are some earlier buildings!

Your thinking like me, you need to know where the fair was. Drunk people every year spending & losing money etc?? where was it You need to find out!

i've got a good idea where it was! where we were parked is called market place. the pub to our left is where the brewery building is, and behind that is the field i showed you over the river!

he won't let anyone on it though

 

[dfx willy]

Re: My First 'V' Nickle....

v for victory congrats. willy.

 

[woody50]

Re: My First 'V' Nickle....

that stopper thing looks like it has a hole in the middle!
could it have been for a fermentation type barrell, like a pressure thing?

CRU: Can you let us see the back side? How was something like that used (don't know myself)...? (photo?)

I was wondering that myself, the back has a screw thread & not much else (think of it like a screw in plug hole).
I have found only 1 other & didn't realise they had a wooden plug until this one.

Well then I guess its a plug for the filling hole in an metal keg or barrel. The Abridge Brewing Company was of
course in Abridge Essex. Found this about it

great info woody! did it say where the fair was?
i had a feeling it wasn't much of a village before the 18th century as i still havn't found anything older than georgian.
although there are some earlier buildings!

Your thinking like me, you need to know where the fair was. Drunk people every year spending & losing money etc?? where was it You need to find out!

i've got a good idea where it was! where we were parked is called market place. the pub to our left is where the brewery building is, and behind that is the field i showed you over the river!
he won't let anyone on it though

Sending you a PM

 

[olepossum]

Re: My First 'V' Nickle....

hey crusader a friend of mine was md in our town last year and he found a 1848 brittish penny he about fell over it would have hurt it was around 30 degrees out side that day