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- Nov 10, 2011
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Antique Fireman's Badge
They pulled the old brick sidewalk up in a local town and I was lucky enough to find this in the first minute. The funny part if that the interference was terrible and anything below the 3 1/2" mark was usually some kind of molten rock or lava looking stuff. My partner found an 1887 Indian Head penny about 10 ft up from where I found this badge. Those are the ONLY items we found in two blocks of removed sidewalk!!
The good news is that we know that this sidewalk was put down somewhere around 1900, the badge was UNDER the walkway and if you look real close you can see the outline of a old horse-drawn fire truck. It's easy to see the ladder and fire pump holding it in your hand. You can also make out "Engine 2" at the top and "H__D." at the bottom. I'm taking it for granted that that stood for Harriman Fire Dept. since that's the town I found it in.
They pulled the old brick sidewalk up in a local town and I was lucky enough to find this in the first minute. The funny part if that the interference was terrible and anything below the 3 1/2" mark was usually some kind of molten rock or lava looking stuff. My partner found an 1887 Indian Head penny about 10 ft up from where I found this badge. Those are the ONLY items we found in two blocks of removed sidewalk!!
The good news is that we know that this sidewalk was put down somewhere around 1900, the badge was UNDER the walkway and if you look real close you can see the outline of a old horse-drawn fire truck. It's easy to see the ladder and fire pump holding it in your hand. You can also make out "Engine 2" at the top and "H__D." at the bottom. I'm taking it for granted that that stood for Harriman Fire Dept. since that's the town I found it in.
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