Old Hose Nozzle

[SaginawIan]

I found this at 10" deep in the woods near an old foundation. It gives the date of patent which is 1877/1885. It is something cool and unusual from what I usually find. I found other items at the site about that old. I'm wondering if there is any way to know when this was lost.

Ian

 

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[dugupfinds]

Its very hard to know when something was lost unless it came from an archeological layer. The item would have had to be sealed in a layer right next to a mint 1890 coin to give you a close date.

You can use abit of science to give a rough date. ie metals like brass, bronze & lead etc.. all oxidize over time. The longer its been in the soil the different colour it goes. However this varies from soil condition to soil condition & depends on the purity of the metal.

So the simple answer is no, you can only guess or use experience/knowledge to narrow down your guess. For example if you research the nozzle & find that they replaced it in 1921 with a new type, you could argue that they dumped it around that time??

 

[weldermark]

Ian, it's cool,does it still work.

Mark

 

[qkslvr]

We had one just like that when I was growing up, ours was late 1950's- early 60s time frame. It had a point inside the end that turned the water off when you twisted the middle. Don't rmember the patent dates, but I'll look next time I'm at the old house. It is probably still there.

 

[ChrisPA]

That looks like brass. I have a few of them and actually if you know of and old hardware store ( that mom and pop own) you could try there they are pretty good at answering some of your questions. If you need help let me know. There is one old hardware store left in my area and they are pretty good.

 

[Dimeman]

We had one just like that when I was growing up, ours was late 1950's- early 60s time frame. It had a point inside the end that turned the water off when you twisted the middle. Don't rmember the patent dates, but I'll look next time I'm at the old house. It is probably still there.

I'm Qkslvr's brother and though I did find the one he was talking about it has no patent date on it. It was made by "Champion" in Italy and was probably made in early 1960's. It is very similar to yours, except for an extra small knurled spray adjuster close to where the hose screws to it.

The one you found is much older.

Very good find!!!!

 

[SaginawIan]

Thanks for all the replies. It does work, actually. It took alot of work to clean it up, it had weeds completely growing through it. The more I hunt the site that I found it, the older I think it is. The newest coin that I found there is a 1916 Wheat, so I have to believe that it's at least that old. I'm gonna try to polish it up with brass cleaner.

Ian

 

[davesx]

Hi Ian.
Unusual find, I like it.

HH Dave.

 

[rickyinms]

i hate to bring old post back to life but when did the area have running water? that would be the very latest that it could be lost.