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I find these on my older sites as we did today. I'm pretty sure it's a smoking device of sorts. Can we get a bit of history and age of the pewter like pieces? Thanks
 

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Re: Smoking apparatus?

It looks like a piece from a pitch pipe or tuning harp....whatever they are called.
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4-H said:
Interesting. I wonder why I find them on my rw-cw skirmish sites. Did they use them?
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It sure looks similar to a pitch pipe. Maybe to tune their banjos? :dontknow: Blow into it and see if it makes a sound.
 
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It is obviously the broken tip of a pewter military whistle. I heard this beauty make a sound for the first time in 160+ years last winter.

Nice find! :thumbsup:
 

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Re: Smoking apparatus?

yep it's part of a whistle
 
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Ahhh whistle makes much more sense. :thumbsup:
 
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4-H said:
Well I'll be. That's a great find Buckles.:thumbsup:
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And when you find a complete one, you might be quite surprised at how much they're worth. I was. 8)


Best Wishes,


Buckles
 
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4-H said:
ok?......How much are they worth Buckles? lol :icon_profileleft:
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They frequently sell for $150-$200 or so. 8)
 
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