Unusual find...

[Stevewho]

Anyone know what this could be? Found behind my farmhouse in NW Florida.

 

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[GoldieLocks]

A very very old planting pot?

 

[ToddsPoint]

Food bowl for critters?? 4 holes mount it to a wall. Gary

 

[Fat]

It reminds me of a bucket from a grain elevators leg.

 

[ARC]

It reminds me of a bucket from a grain elevators leg.

Thats exactly what it is.

 

[ARC]

Of course i am not sure about teh "leg" part Fat.

Its a "elevator bucket" though.

Although... due to heavy construction i think this was for dirt / rock... not grains.

 

[Rmeav8r]

I’m nearby, only 20 miles from Stevewho...There’s no grain elevators in this part of the country...at least that I know of. I’m guessing something off a planter or something similar. Also turpentine and sugar cane syrup making were prevalent in this area too.

 

[ARC]

I’m nearby, only 20 miles from Stevewho...There’s no grain elevators in this part of the country...at least that I know of. I’m guessing something off a planter or similar. Also turpentine and syrup making were prevalent in this area too.

Not a planter... of any type.

Again... Rock / dirt. *whatever* they were digging up.

Florida has huge phosphate mining ops.

Not to mention all the dredging... which has and is constant here.

 

[Mud Hut]

I have seven rectangular water troughs similar to that on old hand crank grinding wheels.

 

[ARC]

I have seven rectangular water troughs similar to that on old hand crank grinding wheels.

And they are cast iron ? ? ?

 

[Rmeav8r]

Water cooling trough...I think that’s close...no mining operations ever in this area. This is sand, clay and limestone rock area.

 

[ARC]

Water cooling trough...I think that’s close...no mining operations ever in this area. This is sand, clay and limestone rock area.

And where is "this area". ? ? ?

Limestone as you stated in your area is heavily mined.

Water cooling trough... ? what is that ? ? ?

 

[ARC]

Here ya go... similar...

 

[ARC]

Also... i should point out... everything uses these types... from sand to topsoil...

Concrete company's even use em.

 

[ticndig]

I'd go with a quench trough as well.

 

[Mud Hut]

And they are cast iron ? ? ?

as a matter of fact, yes .

 

[Rmeav8r]

This “area” is NW Florida. 30 miles north of Panama City, my family’s been here 5 generations...back to 1812. No limestone mining within 100 miles. Sinkholes, swamps and dirt poor farmers that settled this area made a living with small scale farms and cattle. If you go east towards Tallahassee you can find mining pits...but not here. Possible that someone repurposed something.

 

[Sod Buster]

Not to beat a dead horse.....these elevator buckets are used in many different applications.

https://bullseyeindustrialsales.com...iron-elevator-bucket-conveyor-lot-of-2-128879

https://www.mullerbeltex.com/components-for-elevators/elevator-buckets/

 

[Fat]

...guessing again but repurposed to feed livestock sounds really good. I have some storage “bens” that are repurposed, as it seem always need/needed a few more.
Attach it low to something and feed your pets..

 

[Tony in SC]

I say it's from an elevator of some sort. Elevators come in all shapes and sizes. I've seen small cup size for filling sacks of ground corn and 5 gal size to fill grain trucks and larger ones at the sand pit.