3 "What is it" [[UPDATE]]

[wisconsinACE]

3 "What is it" [[UPDATE]]

Found this at 4 inch's.Never heard of this caliber umc40-65. Can anyone id for age?
bottom pictures where found in the same hole the plate is glass I think.

 

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[Montana Jim]

Re: 3 "What is it"

... a .40-65 was made for both winchester, sharps and remington... by the United Metallic Catridge Company. I have no idea about dates...

... is a music reed... well... a single reed board with the reed... prolly from a wind instument. No telling the date.

 

[wisconsinACE]

Re: 3 "What is it"

plate

 

[wisconsinACE]

Re: 3 "What is it"

plate 2

 

[PBK]

Re: 3 "What is it"

Your "plate" item is a Roman Catholic Miraculous Medal:

http://www.amm.org/medal.htm

 

[Montana Jim]

Re: 3 "What is it"

Your "plate" item is a Roman Catholic Miraculous Medal:

http://www.amm.org/medal.htm

Dang PBK! I was getting to it! LOL

 

[romeo-1]

Re: 3 "What is it"

Ahhhh...I find those reeds everywhere! I was wondering what they were!

 

[junkdigger]

Re: 3 "What is it"

The 40-65 Winchester cartridge was introduced in 1887 for the Model 1886 Winchester rifle. The Winchester single shot rifle was also chambered for it,and so was the Marlin model 1895. The 40-65 Winchester was loaded in both black powder and smokeless versions and Winchester catalogs listed it until 1935. UMC was the Union Metallic Cartridge corporation. One of several brands of the past.

 

[texan connection]

Re: 3 "What is it"

scuse me for guessing but I think its not a music reed but a hair barret or clip. am i wrong??

 

[Montana Jim]

Re: 3 "What is it"

scuse me for guessing but I think its not a music reed but a hair barret or clip. am i wrong??

Yup... yer wrong... But we still love you...

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,69985.0.html

 

[trikikiwi]

Re: 3 "What is it"

Nice bunch of finds.
I'm curious about the musical reeds. If they can be found 'regularly'

Ahhhh...I find those reeds everywhere! I was wondering what they were!

what instrument do they belong to?
My guess is - accordian.

Cheers, Mike

 

[texan connection]

Re: 3 "What is it"

I find a few also, so they are melodian reeds, is that correct?

 

[SgtSki in MI]

Re: 3 "What is it"

I find a few also, so they are melodian reeds, is that correct?

I find these things ALL the time too!!! I found a whole mess of them in one yard alone. I've heard that they come out of air powered keyed instruments such as Accordions, Concertinas, and Pump Organs. I'm not surprised. Usually when I find these I also scare up in the same place pocket watch guts,clock guts, and gears. My guess is that the place at one time was home to a budding mechanical engineer who risked a good tanning from Pa because he (or she) just HAD to take something apart to "see what made it tick".

 

[Bluezman]

Re: 3 "What is it"

I find these things ALL the time too!!! I found a whole mess of them in one yard alone. I've heard that they come out of air powered keyed instruments such as Accordions, Concertinas, and Pump Organs.

Seems to be a great lost American pasttime.

Mama's got a squeeze box
She wears on her chest
And when Daddy comes home
He never gets no rest...

Bluezman W/help from the Who

 

[Monty]

Re: 3 "What is it"

The .40-65 was a black powder cartridge thus the designation stands for .40 caliber, 65 grains of black powder. Monty

 

[garyf]

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What's the deal with all the reeds popping up? I have found them, too. Must have been a bunch of musicians who didn't take care of their instruments.

 

[wisconsinACE]

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Just think if we put all the reeds together! Oh man so busted

 

[Monty]

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I've never found a reed but I think if I did I would spend a little more time checking out that particular area. Perhaps it use to be part of a park where concerts were held. Or perhaps if it is a large reed, there use to be an old church with a pipe organ. If it is one of those little harmonica reed thingies and in a historic area it could have been dropped or discarded by a civil war participant. Lots of possibilities exist. I think a lot of things are missed because we don't take the time or have the imagination to read the clues. I'm just as guilty as anyone so don't do as I do, do as I suggest. M nty

 

[wisconsinACE]

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I found this reed near the cellar hole I have been digging out. Still alot more area to cover there I'm not even close to being completed with that site.

 

[Monty]

Re: 3 "What is it"

In that cse it seems ou have lot of work ahead and I'm confident you will reap the rewards. Keep us Posted. Monty