Yesterday's finds amongst the cow muck

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Oxgirl wrote: Mon Aug 31, 2020 7:44 pm Could we have another pic of the back? And is it all a copper or is the bottom part something else? Intriguing :D
There ya go . To scrap or not to scrap
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Left hand sides looks like a foot off something. The one on the right I’ve no idea. Intriguing and worth keeping till you get a eureka moment :D
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Left hand side looks like a cup hook, any iron visable in the base of the widest bit ?
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Don't scrap the one on the right,
I don't know what it is, but you have an emergency bottle opener to keep in your detecting bag!
Clint :thumbsup:
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alloverover wrote: Mon Aug 31, 2020 9:58 pm Left hand side looks like a cup hook, any iron visable in the base of the widest bit ?
there is rust in the centre of the widest bit . cheers
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stanslad wrote: Mon Aug 31, 2020 10:03 pm Don't scrap the one on the right,
I don't know what it is, but you have an emergency bottle opener to keep in your detecting bag!
Clint :thumbsup:
haha i knew it reminded me of something
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Looking at the back of the larger item. At the top, at the recessed section , is it hinged. Keep thinking of a door Knocker, p-robably wrong.
How much does lead sell for ?
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Dave The Slave wrote: Tue Sep 01, 2020 3:19 pm Looking at the back of the larger item. At the top, at the recessed section , is it hinged. Keep thinking of a door Knocker, p-robably wrong.
How much does lead sell for ?
Cheers, :thumbsup:
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Scrap lead is £1 per kg . I had 58 kg . Its worth keeping til youve got loads. Them things in photo are in my scrap copper bucket now .
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The one on the right is something I have seen somewhere before. Can't call to mind precisely but door catch related. The round bit is exactly the same as I see on door bolts and catches/ spring latches here in France and dating from early 18th to late 19th century in broad terms.
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