The other morning, I headed back to a site that I’ve been detecting since I received permission for last summer. 
All summer I’ve been detecting the old house site on the opposite side of the river, but with the colder weather having arrived, the foliage has died down enough for me to detect the other side of the river. There was a house and a mill located here, as you can see indicated on the map. Thankfully, modern trash is minimal here, except for the body of an old school bus. The original undercarriage was put here by the property owner in the 1960s, it was then planked over with wooden boards to permit access to the other side of the creek. The boards have long since rotted away and all that now remains is the metal frame.
My finds of interest were an early crotal bell, a little metal teacup, a sea shell, the remains of a horse halter and an early oil lamp ‘lip chimney’ lamp burner. I used to collect oil lamps, so I new exactly what this was when I found it. It’s also the first lip burner that I’ve found in eight years of detecting. The one thing I like about finding oil lamp burners is the amount of information the manufacturers impress into the thumb-wheel. This burner is stamped ‘City MFG. CO. PAT.D MAR. 3, 1863’.
The City Manufacturing Co.
"Luther Chapin White came to Waterbury, CT. in 1841 at the age of 21. Late in December of 1842 he found employment at The Scovill Manufacturing Company where he worked for about two years. He left Waterbury for Meriden, CT to work for J.S. Norton in the manufacture of door trimmings where he would stay for six years. In 1851 White invented a valuable improvement in the manufacture of fluid lamp burners. On September 7, 1852 he obtained a patent for his invention. He partnered with Frank Smith of Meriden and formed a company to manufacture his burners under the name of White & Smith. In 1853 they were persuaded by Charles Benedict and John Bailey to move their business to Waterbury, CT. On September 3, 1853 they organized The City Manufacturing Company. The City Manufacturing Co. would go on to make a variety of lamp burners, patent button-backs, and job work in German silver and rolled brass."
I have included a pic of one of my c1865 oil lamps with a complete lip burner setup.
Thanks very much for looking,
Dave
All summer I’ve been detecting the old house site on the opposite side of the river, but with the colder weather having arrived, the foliage has died down enough for me to detect the other side of the river. There was a house and a mill located here, as you can see indicated on the map. Thankfully, modern trash is minimal here, except for the body of an old school bus. The original undercarriage was put here by the property owner in the 1960s, it was then planked over with wooden boards to permit access to the other side of the creek. The boards have long since rotted away and all that now remains is the metal frame. My finds of interest were an early crotal bell, a little metal teacup, a sea shell, the remains of a horse halter and an early oil lamp ‘lip chimney’ lamp burner. I used to collect oil lamps, so I new exactly what this was when I found it. It’s also the first lip burner that I’ve found in eight years of detecting. The one thing I like about finding oil lamp burners is the amount of information the manufacturers impress into the thumb-wheel. This burner is stamped ‘City MFG. CO. PAT.D MAR. 3, 1863’.
The City Manufacturing Co.
"Luther Chapin White came to Waterbury, CT. in 1841 at the age of 21. Late in December of 1842 he found employment at The Scovill Manufacturing Company where he worked for about two years. He left Waterbury for Meriden, CT to work for J.S. Norton in the manufacture of door trimmings where he would stay for six years. In 1851 White invented a valuable improvement in the manufacture of fluid lamp burners. On September 7, 1852 he obtained a patent for his invention. He partnered with Frank Smith of Meriden and formed a company to manufacture his burners under the name of White & Smith. In 1853 they were persuaded by Charles Benedict and John Bailey to move their business to Waterbury, CT. On September 3, 1853 they organized The City Manufacturing Company. The City Manufacturing Co. would go on to make a variety of lamp burners, patent button-backs, and job work in German silver and rolled brass."
I have included a pic of one of my c1865 oil lamps with a complete lip burner setup.
Thanks very much for looking,
Dave
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I enjoyed the heck out seeing the site and all the goodies you found. Thanks for sharing!
On a side note, I agree that those little thumb wheels are too often overlooked by diggers and they miss out on some addition information pertaining to their site.
