When you need a "Strong Shoulder" ...Atlas/Mason Jar

[Ohio Jerry]

When you need a "Strong Shoulder" ...Atlas/Mason Jar

I've dug a pile of these lids,some with the porcelain inserts intact,at most every cellarhole i've hunted but this is the first complete jar i've found. It reads Atlas Strong Shoulder Mason. This was an eyeball find while checking out a new cellarhole site. Just the bottom edge was poking thru the dirt. After two long visits the site didn't give up much but i got a couple cool finds out of it. The shotgun shell sized item reads Shrader Universal Pressure Gauge? Thanks for havin a look. HH,
Jerry

 

[jgas]

Re: When you need a "Strong Shoulder" ...Atlas/Mason Jar

That baby needs filling with some silver! Nice Jar. jgas

 

[seger98]

Re: When you need a "Strong Shoulder" ...Atlas/Mason Jar

Nice old jar, surprised it didn't break over the years!

 

[John Deere Digger]

Re: When you need a "Strong Shoulder" ...Atlas/Mason Jar

Nice finds and jar.
JDD

 

[crazyjarhead]

Re: When you need a "Strong Shoulder" ...Atlas/Mason Jar

Yeah, I did lots of those zinc lids with the porcelan inserts. Nice hunt. Hope you pull out some good ones soon

 

[Ohio Jerry]

Re: When you need a "Strong Shoulder" ...Atlas/Mason Jar

http://www.antiquemystique.com/pages/6620_jpg.htm

Here is the gauge ...




Cool digs Jerry ... Rock on ~ Nick

Super Slueth Nick!! Look out Montana Jim. Thanks for that id Nick,While you're at it,what'ya think was wound up or turned with that big brass key?

 

[Kent in AL]

Re: When you need a "Strong Shoulder" ...Atlas/Mason Jar

Saturday I found a "Strong Shoulder" jar just like that. It was in my floorboard and on Sunday one of my sons took a coffee cup from the passenger's seat and set it beside the jar. On the way to church of course they banged together and the jar cracked. I told him I hoped for his sake it wasn't valuable and when I looked it up, his luck held up.

Cool jar!

Kent

 

[kdismuke1]

Re: When you need a "Strong Shoulder" ...Atlas/Mason Jar

SUPER FINDS.CONGRATS.

 

[allen]

Re: When you need a "Strong Shoulder" ...Atlas/Mason Jar

fill it with old coins...

 

[mpostma]

Re: When you need a "Strong Shoulder" ...Atlas/Mason Jar

Nice finds Jerry!

I find MOUNTAINS of lids up here, but the jars are mostly in many many pieces.

Nice pressure guage. That is a cool find!

I don't see any snow in the pictures. Please don't tell me it's all gone there! We got a couple inches more last night, couple more today..... The weather shows snow every day this week, right through the weekend. I going into some kind of shock! Swinging coils in the arctic in my dreams!

Best of Luck!

Mark

 

[The Master Chief]

Re: When you need a "Strong Shoulder" ...Atlas/Mason Jar

Great finds and loved the pictures.

 

[Ohio Jerry]

Re: When you need a "Strong Shoulder" ...Atlas/Mason Jar

http://www.antiquemystique.com/pages/6620_jpg.htm
Here is the gauge ...


Cool digs Jerry ... Rock on ~ Nick

Super Slueth Nick!! Look out Montana Jim. Thanks for that id Nick,While you're at it,what'ya think was wound up or turned with that big brass key?

I am going with natural gas valve - lighting perhaps ~ IMHO ~ To big & beefy for clock ~ unless it was a big & beefy clock ... ... I could be wrong though ...

Thanks Nick,the key was made to slip over a square shaft if thats any help. Grandfather clock maybe?

Nice finds Jerry!

I find MOUNTAINS of lids up here, but the jars are mostly in many many pieces.

Nice pressure guage. That is a cool find!

I don't see any snow in the pictures. Please don't tell me it's all gone there! We got a couple inches more last night, couple more today..... The weather shows snow every day this week, right through the weekend. I going into some kind of shock! Swinging coils in the arctic in my dreams!

Best of Luck!

Mark

Thanks Mark,we havent had a lot of snow or freezing temps yet so for the time being the ground is still soft and 35 degrees is tolerable. Weather's turning for the worse here today tho with 2-3 inches coming overnight and brutal wind chills. Time for some research
Hang in there buddy,the days are gettin longer and spring'll be here before ya know it!!
Jerry

 

[baspinall]

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Neat Jar. I love the old Mason's

Brian

 

[Ohio Jerry]

Re: When you need a "Strong Shoulder" ...Atlas/Mason Jar

My brother (Willybgood) has id'd the key as a radiator key. He used to have this type of heat and recognized it right away.

 

[kimsdad]

Re: When you need a "Strong Shoulder" ...Atlas/Mason Jar

That baby needs filling with some silver! Nice Jar. jgas

I agree with jgas! Put some silver in that jar!

Great jar, Jerry! I've found many of those lids, but always wondered what the jar's looked like. Now I know. It's amazing that it was intact!