FINALLY GOLD AND SILVER

[Burdie]

SEVEN TIMES I WAS SKUNKED AND THOUGHT MY DETECTOR WAS AT FAULT.The eighth time was it. I searched around an old home site that is a wheat field now. It was 58 degrees and no wind. The quarter is 1939. The angle has no markings. How do I know for sure it is real gold? I wonder how old the sewing machine was that this piece was on.

 

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[stoney56]

WTG Stan! Man, you were so overdue. Congrats! There is an acid test that I use for gold testing. I also test by using a magnet on jewelry. If the magnet picks it up, it ain't gold.

 

[Burdie]

Here is the sewing machine label.

 

[stoney56]

http://www.scripophily.net/davsewmaccom.html

 

[Snee]

Very nice!

 

[The Beep Goes On]

I bet it felt great to get some good hits! Let us know about the gold!

 

[Nana40]

Great stuff Burdie!!

Love that angel!

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Burdie,

nice artifact, that sewing machine piece is a keeper.

have a good un..........

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Congrats on the gold and silver, nice finds! HH, Mike

 

[groundfisher]

The old home site you're searching gave up some nice finds. Hope the angel turns out to be gold.
Best of luck to you on more finds from that field. HH!

 

[dave-enc]

congrats on the finds wtg
hh
dave+bobbie

 

[Burdie]

The angel has passed all test so far. I wish I had a scale to weigh it . I have found info on the davis sewing machine but not on the Yale modle. Is that an old Ice chest handle?

 

[trk5capt]

BURDIE, Congrats On Your Finds, Very Nice. Trk5capt... 8)

 

[Mona Lisa]

Nice hunt, Burdie. Your persistence really paid off.

 

[ashleen]

Nice going, Burdie.
Gold or not;
that angel is sweet

 

[Kent in AL]

Great job Stan! Your persistence really paid off.

Kent

 

[scoutjim99]

does the washington have a mint mark nic finds what is the the horn shaped item

 

[rjnail]

nice finds there . like the angel

 

[Burdie]

does the washington have a mint mark nic finds what is the the horn shaped item

No mint mark on the quarter. The other is a handle for an old Ice box. thanks for replying. HH Burdie

 

[LandT]

Not sure that your Yale mark isn't for a bike. Here is an excerpt from a website about Davis, either way it can't date from any later then 1924 when I think they were bought out.

The Davis Company built their first bicycles in 1892. Initially, they made bikes for other companies and hardware stores. The first year bicycles were produced under the name "Dayton" was 1895.
By 1897 Davis was the largest manufacturer of bikes in the United States. Davis produced top notch bikes with very fine finishes. All the bikes were produced in the same color, a carmine red. In 1897 the Dayton bikes had a leather tool box suspended form the frame. The tool box had an apron the unfolded from the bottom of the box and contained an oil can, adjustable wrench, hand pump and tire repair kit. This toolbox was the forerunner of the horn tank that appeared on later bikes. In the late 1890's Dayton produce a shaft drive bike with a dual shaft on each side. In 1899 the Davis Company introduced the "Dayton Special" with spherical hubs and crank hanger. Davis showcased their bike by sponsoring a racing team from 1895 to 1921. Bobby Walthour became national champion on a Dayton bike in 1920. A 1902 advertisement featured the Czar of Russia riding a Dayton. In 1897, U.S. bike manufacturers built 2,000,000 bikes which dropped to 250,487 units in 1904.

In spite of these tough times, the Davis Company thrived. In 1916 Davis purchased the Yale and Snell lines from the Consolidated Manufacturing Company of Toledo, Ohio. Davis also purchased the "National" line of bikes from the National Bicycle Company of Bay City, Michigan. Davis kept the National head badge changing only the name of the city in which the bikes were built. Davis even kept painting the bikes the National blue color. Dayton manufactured motorcycles from 1914 through 1918. Bikes began to take on the look of their motorized cousins. They had an extra top tube, truss rods on the forks, extra long handlebars and sometimes a "gas tank" fitted between the top tubes. One 1913 model was the Three Arch-Truss Roadster which used three braces between the main tube. Dayton also had a spring fork, which replaced the fender with a leaf spring and pivoted where the fork met the head tube, on some 1912-1913 models. The 1914-1915 "Chief" model was painted red, had an ornate head badge and the name "Chief" engraved in the pedals.

In 1916 George Gorman of the Davis Company acquired a patent for a self-contained motor to be fitted to a bike. The "Gorman Motor Wheel" slip over the front forks and had a throttle that attached to the handlebars. It was built through 1918. Davis also produced bikes under the names of Duro, Dixie Flyer, LaFrance, Daytonia, Shrayer, Ohio, Shapleish Hardware, Western Auto and Western Flyer.