some of my whatchamacallits

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don't want to over load you guys but but want to show some more of my finds. thank for any info. the silver with the sword and crescent moon has Hickok sterling and its got a space between it like some messing piece slid out of it. the big round metal i think is plumber's lead. the other is some sort of medal or some thing? thanks for looking. sorry the pics are out of order
 

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the silver reminds me of the symbols on the shriners hats you used to see in parades....a guess on the medal would be, with the stopwatch/tennis shoes, some sort of award for running very fast ?, possible setting record............just guesses though..............g
 

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thanks , i never seen a shriner,s emblem. but i know that they do real good deeds , like raise money for kids hospitals and the like
 

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nhbenz said:
Gldhntr is definately right about the Shriners emblem. The Indian head thing is an advertising paperweight. Here's one that sold on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6249923587&category=35
man, your fast nhbenz. that did not take you long. and the winning bid was 9.99 cents. and just to think i was offered 25$ for mine awhile back. well i don't sell none of my finds any way. thank you guys. what a neat place
 

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OK heres one more ::) have not a clue? the back side is blank
 

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Casino token? Maybe not... Theres a lot of Del Mar's it could be. I can't find one quite like it. I think it may be from the horse track, as Gypsyheart is about to suggest. (I say this as if I hadn't modified this post :D ) All the casino chips I could find are round.
 

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jon43 said:
don't want to over load you guys but but want to show some more of my finds. thank for any info. the silver with the sword and crescent moon has Hickok sterling and its got a space between it like some messing piece slid out of it. the big round metal i think is plumber's lead. the other is some sort of medal or some thing? thanks for looking. sorry the pics are out of order
another one. please bear with me :'( this is a spoon. puss in the boots. how old? i hope its all right to ask how old some thing is on this form?
 

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there you go again. why did i not think about ebay ???. man like i said you are fast. i tried to look up them o.o. ice tokens and was on line two hours. and did not find a thing. i got a lot of what is its. but I'm going to wait a few to post any more. i like your avatar and when the TV is on and i hear that commercial in the back ground while I'm on the computer i laugh. thanks again. do you do a lot of md,ing
 

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Regarding the Babbitt metal disk, it could be incorrect to call it plumber's lead, in some forms, Babbitt metal, which was specifically made as a "bearing" metal, before the wide spread use of ball bearings in machine tools, was an alloy that did NOT contain lead, rather it was an alloy of Tin, copper and antimony but in some later incarnations it did indeed contain lead. However, Plumber's Lead is just that, PURE lead, to call Babbitt = Lead, is akin to calling a King = Serf.

"Babbitt metal, an antifriction metal first produced by Isaac Babbitt in 1839. In present-day usage the term is applied to a whole class of silver-white bearing metals, or ?white metals.? These alloys usually consist of relatively hard crystals embedded in a softer matrix, a structure important for machine bearings. They are composed primarily of tin, copper, and antimony, with traces of other metals added in some cases and lead substituted for tin in others." (Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.)
 

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one more. a flag pole or from a car? thank you
 

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What a nice veriety of finds. Congrats and look forward to your other posts. HH Burdie
 

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I'd definately go with flag pole topper. This would screw onto the socket part that the pole would then fit into.
 

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jon43 said:
one more. a flag pole or from a car? thank you
heres a few more. i think that is off a old press because i have a few more and the letters are backward
 

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::) copper bracelet?
 

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Zanol was a brand name which sold things like coffe,soda, perfume, spices and more. My best guess is that these was probably a token of appreciation given to employees. The American Products Co. was the "parent" company which owned the Zanol brand name.
 

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