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Old 08-02-2005, 08:38 PM
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Hey Pappy,


Wife and I dug these up last Sunday. The first is the wheel off of something. It is all steel and appears to have been painted red at some point. Found it about 4 inches down, made the old Bounty Hunter sing like a stoned parakeet.

The second is a id plate of some kind. It is made of lead! It is hard to read, but it says something about "Thin Plate" and electric something or other.

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The metal wheel is off a baby carriage from around the 1930's to early 1940's. Still checking on the other item.....PAPPY
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Old 08-02-2005, 09:25 PM
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Thanks pappy.

Beings as I found these items in a park, established in 1919, would that be a clue saying that there once was a house on the land?
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Very possible that there was once a house there....PAPPY
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Think I may have to go back over there and set my discrimination down a little further. Who knows what I might dig up! Maybe the rest of that buggy!
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Craig, Please tell me exactly what is imprinted on the tag...THANKS...PAPPY

Tried to blow it up...Can't read it.
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Ok here goes. One thing I should mention is that it appears to be only half of the plate. Looks like it was ripped in half.

It says "THIN PLATE"
"CELL TYPE"
"42" "ELECTRICAL APPLICATION"


The rest of it I can not make out.

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OKEY DOKEY CRAIG...HERE GOES...It is an I.D.Pat. Plate for a Aluminum current collector for a Electrochemical Cell having a solid cathode.

U.S Patent number 5558962

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Thanks Pappy.

Any idea on the age?
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Late 1940's....PAPPY
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