✅ SOLVED Had to step back digging this one was unsure what it was 😂 I think it's a vintage glass battery but not sure what year it would be or what used for

[Kieran225]

 

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[traveller777]

That is a hack of a nice find. Congratulations.

 

[creskol]

That's very cool! They made a lot of different glass batteries during the early 1900's, but seldom do you see a complete one dug up.

 

[Kieran225]

That is a hack of a nice find. Congratulations.

I'm really pleased with it thank you 😊

 

[Kieran225]

That's very cool! They made a lot of different glass batteries during the early 1900's, but seldom do you see a complete one dug up.

That's what I was thinking its rare to find one fully intact it's quite heavy lol

 

[Sam moser]

Now that's a neat item. Congrats.

 

[bowwinkles]

we had such batteries in our vintage crank phone that hung on grandpa's wall
some examples here: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=glass+vin...hcenter.org/batteries/GlassExideBatt.jpg&pn=1

 

[Kieran225]

Now that's a neat item. Congrats.

Thank you 😊

 

[Red-Coat]

Good find to get an unbroken one!

It’s a British battery from Oldham & Son, established 1865 in Newton on the outskirts of Manchester, and later operating from nearby Denton. Initially they were a millwright and general engineering business, but produced their first lead-acid battery in 1917 and then scaled up production after the WWI ended. Yours should say:

OLDHAM
TYPE O .50 [note it’s a letter ‘O’ and not a zero]
MAXIMUM CHARGE
2.0 AMPS
SPECIFIC GRAVITY
FULLY CHARGED
1.250
MAINTAIN LEVEL
WITH
DISTILLED WATER

It will probably have “MADE IN ENGLAND" on the bottom.

‘Type O’ batteries like this were general purpose, used in vehicles and a wide number of other applications. I think it could be from any time in the 1920s to 1930s. Once the battery business blossomed, they famously used the slogan "I told 'em Oldham" for years afterwards and the phrase entered popular culture in reference to anything mechanical or electrical which failed (ie taken to mean that a better one of 'Oldham' quality should have been used).

 

[Kieran225]

Good find to get an unbroken one!

It’s a British battery from Oldham & Son, established 1865 in Newton on the outskirts of Manchester, and later operating from nearby Denton. Initially they were a millwright and general engineering business, but produced their first lead-acid battery in 1917 and then scaled up production after the WWI ended. Yours should say:

OLDHAM
TYPE O .50 [note it’s a letter ‘O’ and not a zero]
MAXIMUM CHARGE
2.0 AMPS
SPECIFIC GRAVITY
FULLY CHARGED
1.250
MAINTAIN LEVEL
WITH
DISTILLED WATER

It will probably have “MADE IN ENGLAND" on the bottom.

‘Type O’ batteries like this were general purpose, used in vehicles and a wide number of other applications. I think it could be from any time in the 1920s to 1930s. Once the battery business blossomed, they famously used the slogan "I told 'em Oldham" for years afterwards and the phrase entered popular culture in reference to anything mechanical or electrical which failed (ie taken to mean that a better one of 'Oldham' quality should have been used).

Wow that's exactly what it says on the glass, how great

Good find to get an unbroken one!

It’s a British battery from Oldham & Son, established 1865 in Newton on the outskirts of Manchester, and later operating from nearby Denton. Initially they were a millwright and general engineering business, but produced their first lead-acid battery in 1917 and then scaled up production after the WWI ended. Yours should say:

OLDHAM
TYPE O .50 [note it’s a letter ‘O’ and not a zero]
MAXIMUM CHARGE
2.0 AMPS
SPECIFIC GRAVITY
FULLY CHARGED
1.250
MAINTAIN LEVEL
WITH
DISTILLED WATER

It will probably have “MADE IN ENGLAND" on the bottom.

‘Type O’ batteries like this were general purpose, used in vehicles and a wide number of other applications. I think it could be from any time in the 1920s to 1930s. Once the battery business blossomed, they famously used the slogan "I told 'em Oldham" for years afterwards and the phrase entered popular culture in reference to anything mechanical or electrical which failed (ie taken to mean that a better one of 'Oldham' quality should have been used).

That's exactly what it says on the bottle, it's great to know the history on it because when I found it I thought it was a bomb 😂💣, I'm happy with this find, I think I'm very lucky to find one in this condition, where I found it I got told it was near where the war happend thank you for commenting

 

[crashbandicoot]

Very,very cool Keiran,happy for you!

 

[traveller777]

Very,very cool Keiran,happy for you!

He is likely in bed. Is 03:35 over there.

 

[crashbandicoot]

He is likely in bed. Is 03:35 over there.

Give him something nice to wake up to!

 

[Kieran225]

Very,very cool Keiran,happy for you!

Thank you 🙂

 

[Kieran225]

Give him something nice to wake up to!

Haha I was indeed in bed 😂 thank you guys all your comments are appreciated, I'm off out again today hopefully find some more cool stuff 😊😎

 

[pepperj]

Very cool recovery, dug many cells but never a glass container.
Congrats on the recovery.
Have you dug many bottles?

 

[Kieran225]

Very cool recovery, dug many cells but never a glass container.
Congrats on the recovery.
Have you dug many bottles?

This is my first glass bottle find it's pretty cool lol thanks pepperj

 

[Riverbum]

I have found lots of old glass batteries along old abandoned Railroad Tracks a bit larger than the one you've shown but the same thing, They have "EDISON" embossed on them

 

[Kieran225]

I have found lots of old glass batteries along old abandoned Railroad Tracks a bit larger than the one you've shown but the same thing, They have "EDISON" embossed on them

It's the first ever time I've seen one lol

 

[Kieran225]

so for valentines day I got my girlfriend some Flowers but I also cleaned all the acid out of the battery I found and gave it to my girlfriend to use as a flower vase and she absolutely loves it, I know some will not agree but it looks great in our home 🏡😊