I bet wifey and the inlaws only know about the Butterfly's.Originally Posted by hobo finds
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I bet wifey and the inlaws only know about the Butterfly's.
And guess what I just threw in the dumpster yesterday
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Butterfly's?And guess what I just threw in the dumpster yesterday
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Doing a boiler removal and installation job...Boiler used to be coal fired but at some point after they converted it to gas they built a floor over a pit where the coal was stored. When I pulled up the floor I found this cool bin that fed the boiler with coal. The big gear chopped up the coal and pushed it into a screw conveyor...also an older aluminum 7Up can down there from the 70's.
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"Give them enough so they can do something with it, but not too much that they won't do nothing."
Thats pretty neat. I'm assuming you've saved these?
Since starting this thread I've seemed to come across more collectables, I found some stamps tonight, they may or may not be collectable though
Actually pornos I threw probably 30-40 in the dumpster, not my thing, and didn't want to see them any longer than needed. Money didn't really matter, jmo not trying to bash anyone who reads them or whatnot
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Well, I said I would post a pic of the shelf completed. here is a pic of it assembled. I still have to put a couple coats of polyurethane on it...
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I collect militaria, mostly artillery shells, and swagger sticks. Also coins, tokens, guns, knives
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I got this a year or two ago (Yes, at a yard sale. Yes, I overpaid... $3). I thought it was really cool and I couldn't believe they only asked three dollars for it. I thought about listing it on e-bay, but it looked like I could only expect $50 or so and I thought it was at least that cool to keep...
Very cool
I got this a year or two ago (Yes, at a yard sale. Yes, I overpaid... $3). I thought it was really cool and I couldn't believe they only asked three dollars for it. I thought about listing it on e-bay, but it looked like I could only expect $50 or so and I thought it was at least that cool to keep...
Is that made out of an old shell? It looks really cool, I would have paid the $3 no problem
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As I understand, it is called "trench art." From what I can tell, it is a WWI shell. It would seem to have a asian feel to it with the snake about to grab the bird.
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That's a beautiful piece. My grandfather was a howitzer gunner in ww2, so I guess that's where I get it from. Look at the head stamp of that shell, it should have a date stamped on it.
I got this a year or two ago (Yes, at a yard sale. Yes, I overpaid... $3). I thought it was really cool and I couldn't believe they only asked three dollars for it. I thought about listing it on e-bay, but it looked like I could only expect $50 or so and I thought it was at least that cool to keep...
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What's the diameter of the shell base in millimeters?? Because its almost has wide as the projectile itself (just a bit wider), it should give a good indication of the size of the cannon.
For the U.S at least, I think the largest one piece round was a 5 inch naval gun (slightly larger than a 120 mm cannon). The 155 mm cannon and 8 inch howitzer had separate projectiles and powder charges. Big naval cannons as well, although I don't know about heavy cruiser naval cannons (8 inches).
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The base of the shell is 63mm. It has 18 on it so I am thinking 1918, but I do not know.
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It could be this (if you think its maybe 3-4 mms on each side of the rim). A British gun used in Burma would fit the Asian "trench" (or post-Trench)" art idea. Don't know if a WWII British 6 pounder AT gun would have a straight bolt seated round or a tappered neck and a bigger case. But maybe a straight old 6 pounder (non-AT gun) from WWI would be that design so a 1918 manufacture date would make sense...
After reading this more, don't thin this is it but something around 57 mm makes sense...
Ordnance QF 6-pounder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Okay, you're all gonna think I'm weird. Every spring, when people throw azaleas, junipers, and yews out at the curb, I pick them up, revive them, and then turn some of them into bonsai. Most, I keep for my personal collection, some are 50 to 75 years old. The others, I sell on e-bay.
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That sounds like a more advanced level of scrapping. I don't have the patience to maintain and resell garden scraps.
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Who is older, you or the keepers. LOL
Bonsai is a really cool art. Could you post some pics?
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It should have the size of the gun if its american. Does it have any other writting on it? how tall is it?? I have a 40mm navy deck gun round (minus projectile) that looks like that. Its about 14 in tall and close to 2 in wide. ( don't have a tape measure with me). 18 would normally mean 1918. But if its foreign, I'm not sure.
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