Old photo on copper plate / Colonial crack pipe / A bit of silver

[ModernMiner]

I stopped by the old farmhouse after work where I dug the Walker half in the soybean field weeks ago. I had about an hour before it got dark so I worked an area behind the house where a barn used to be. One of my first signals was a Rosie dime. I then dug a thin old square piece of copper which I thought was just a piece of a shingle, but I could faintly see some design on it. When I got it home under the light I could see there was a photo on it! I was hoping it would be late 1800's or early 1900's, but the photo looks to be of a 1950's kitchen. The stove & kitchen table are definitely 1950's. I know there was film in the 1950's, so why is this photo on a piece of copper? What is it

My other finds were:
*1963 Rosie dime & 1946 wheat
*Colonial crack pipe (or part of an old gas lamp)
*Cuff button
*A few whats-its

That's all folks. Thanks for looking.
-MM-

 

[ModernMiner]

that crack pipe thingy is a gas valve for interior gas lights...that thumbscrew thing is might be part of the valve

That's exactly what this piece is! Kudos to you Duffytrash!

Excellent guys!!! Thank you.
Will look good in a display case at least.
-MM-

 

[chukers]

that crack piep thingy is a gas valve for interior gas lights...that thumbscrew thing is might be part of the valve

I agree... a colonial crack pipe LOL who makes this stuff up! LOL