✅ SOLVED civil warwater purifiers?

[DigIron2]

I have seen a example of the one in the middle in a book.But the two on the ends,I don't know.Seems like they have similar designs ,looks like could have been for the same purpose.If not, what could they be?

 

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[kuger]

India rubber has been around longer than the CW, fragments of it,and even leather have been found in pre CW sites........Dont worry Breezie,he claims there was no such thing as lead bars for casting bullets either

 

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[Breezie]

Hello Gunsil,
Thank you for your reply and apology. First of all, I meant absolutely NO disrespect about you being a retired mechanic. I read that on your profile, and I didn't mean for that statement to come across that way. Since I was born and raised in the South, I am more accustomed to a Mayberry style of communicating with people. You have a nice weekend too, and congratulations on having the largest and best Civil War belt plate collection in the northeast.

Regards,
Breezie

 

[DigIron2]

Maybe a shaker top? Ive seen many pewter shaker tops with that star pattern.
The pattern on the item found does not match the pattern in the pic Breezie posted.
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That does look more like it!I was going by this book.similar design,stars and everything.But what you got there is probably what it is.thanks

 

[Dman]

Dear madam, I assure you I am not "following you around". I read a lot of posts and like you I try to help in positive identification. I do not try to be abrasive or negative, but I do prefer facts to conjecture. You are a prolific poster, and quite helpful, and when I agree with you I never say a thing. When I believe you are incorrect I will say so, and I am not trying to be condescending when doing so. Does the fact that I was a mechanic mean I am stupid or incapable of knowledge in other areas?? The fact that you mention this as some type of criteria seems rather ludicrous, condescending, and mildly insulting. I am university educated in anthropology and attended with a scholarship. I started collecting civil war items at 13 in 1960. At one point I had perhaps the best and largest collection of civil war belt plates in the northeast. I had my first table selling antiques at a show at 13 also, and have been attending shows, trading, buying and selling ever since. This equates to 53 years of hands on knowledge of civil war and other antiques. My parents were antique collectors and my grandfather had many civil war guns and other things. I also have made fine silver and gold jewelry since the mid 70s and have worked with an antique jewelry store for years. I have been metal detecting since 1970, and have had the privilege of hunting many rev war sites here and in MA before many folks had even heard of a metal detector, and have studied many relics over the years. Because I stated that items like yours and similar to the ones found by the OP were items found in pump sprayers and that I refuted your idea that rubber lasts years out in the elements was no attack on your intellect, just trying to get a better positive ID on the items at hand. I have never watched Mayberry, I prefer educational shows and reading history books and civil war diaries. I apologize if I upset you, I in no means would mean to do that, and I don't know why you seem so irritated when I do disagree with you.

Have a great weekend,

Gunsil

Well, You finally opened your mouth and proved it to me. LOL
Dman

 

[gunsil]

Hello Gunsil,
Thank you for your reply and apology. First of all, I meant absolutely NO disrespect about you being a retired mechanic. I read that on your profile, and I didn't mean for that statement to come across that way. Since I was born and raised in the South, I am more accustomed to a Mayberry style of communicating with people. You have a nice weekend too, and congratulations on having the largest and best Civil War belt plate collection in the northeast.

Regards,
Breezie

Sadly Breezy I lost my civil war belt plate collection to burglars thirty some years ago. They didn't get all of them but they got the majority of them including all my confederate and state militia buckles. I never recovered from the loss and couldn't bear to keep collecting them. I bought my first oval US plate at 13 for $3.00 (yes, three dollars) from Lewis Leigh, an early digger and author on the subject. If I still had the collection it would be worth well into the hundred thousand dollar range at today's prices. Some say that rubber doesn't deteriorate and disintegrate with time, but in my experience of digging old dumps I have never found any rubber much below the 1920's mark (identified by the bottle strata). It is entirely possible for small pieces to remain in optimum conditions, but I know it doesn't happen often. Some of the dumps I have dug were in use from the late 1700s right up to the 1960s, but most were not used past the 1930s.
Have you ever visited the rev war battlefields in your state? I've been to Cowpens, but didn't have the time to get over to King's Mountain which is a place I always wanted to visit and will hopefully get there some day. We have a lot of rev war sites here in N.Y., but you folks down there have both the rev war and civil war sites making for some really amazing history. I have visited many great civil and rev war battle sites in the last fifty some years and always enjoy doing so. I do get a chill, especially at Gettysburg for some reason, when I stand on the sites of the Ohio lines where some of my ancestors fought. I don't seem to get that chill at Lexington or Bunker hill though, and one of my ancestors fought those battles. One does certainly get a better feel for our great history at these places, and the non-war sites which have been preserved and sometimes restored such as Williamsburg, VA, and Plymouth, MA.

 

[Breezie]

I'm sorry to hear your collection was stolen. Hopefully you have some photos from the past and can post them. I've never MD any of the Revolutionary sites because my main focus is Civil War. I have been fortunate enough to MD a NC campsite where my ggrandfather (NC 7th Infantry) once was stationed. The trenches are still there. It's a very emotional experience to stand where he once stood.

Breezie