Some Silver, Wheat, and Glass, a Whatizit, and a Three Pointer at the Buzzer!

[West Jersey Detecting]

I sneeked out for about an hour today to explore a homestead near my house. I had previously overlooked this wooded area until I was reviewing an 1877 atlas last weekend and noticed an unmarked structure. The site is off a main road but is easily overlooked. Well, the remains of the house were right where they were supposed to be. The site was littered with bottles and glass and metal. The ACE was not handling the environment very well. The soil is very dry and trashy. I had difficulty finding the 1941 quarter at only about 5 inches and ended up stabbing it. I am picking up a Minelab Quattro this week. I think it may handle these types of harsh environments a bit better.

Other than the 1941 quarter, I also found a 1941 Wheatie, the bottle marked T.C.W. Co - Type 2 - USA. It is a corktop with a metal cap surrounding it. There are litterally hundreds of bottles on the site, most I saw were probably post 1930. I found the two ringer nearby. Any help with the ID is appreciated.

I also "eyeballed" the large iron thingy. Can someone please identify the object? It looks like a tank, but it has holes at intervals at the 40 degree latitude.

On the walk back to the car I spotted the 3 Point antler. I saw many deer, but none were missing an antler!

All in all not a great day, but I think it is a site with a lot of potential.

Check those old maps carefully!

 

[John (Ma)]

Those are some pretty cool finds!

 

[Ridley]

Re: Some Silver, Wheat, and Glass, a Whatizit, and a Three Pointer at the Buzzer

Any day with silver is good!

I think your tank thing is a "smudge pot". A kind of torch that uses kerosene or Tiki fuel. The thing on top is where the wick goes.

That's my best guess.

Congrats!


Ridley

 

[RUDY2003]

Thats an old smudge pot, burned oil or kerosene. I know h ow hard it is to hunt at an old house that is like a junkyard, very frustrating.

Keep safe...

 

[packerbacker]

The "tank" looks like the kerosene lamps they used to use to mark road construction at night. I remember a youth very close to me that kicked one into the huge tire of a piece of construction equipment and set it on fire.

 

[Ant]

Nice finds for sure.

Yeap, smudge pot, back in my day they were used for road markers. The modern day barricade with the flashing light took its place. It used diesel as fuel.

What you said packerbacker, lol.

 

[Michigan Badger]

Neat stuff there!

Those old bottles have a charm all their own.

Badger

 

[poppa19]

I'd agree with ridley some type of torch, cool finds

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

I found this pic and a description. Apparently they were used to melt the frost off of fruit crops.