What is it revisited

[Monty]

I posted a pic of this item under What Is It several months ago and never did find out what it was.? I thought I had a better picture but this is the best I could find.? It is the two items in the middle of the picture with the round shank on the bottom and the rectangular ends on it.? Well, it's made to go in a cabinet to hold a shelf up. The round shank goes into a drilled hole and the rectangular end sticks out under a shelf. One goes under each corner.? I found them at a school so I think they were probably used to hold up the shelves in the old school library. Monty

 

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[hollowpointred]

you have some really cool things in this photo monty, did you dig them all at the same location? what is the round object at the top left of the pic? looks like a cannonball from here. i also like the girl scout pin and the lock at the top right. nice marbles too.

 

[DigEmAll]

Gosh Monty.... I thought you had lost your marbles... they're right there!



The two irregular shaped pieces above the lighter and sprinkler head look like pieces of a broken cocking lever from a lever action rifle or shotgun.

 

[Monty]

I'm not sure what that ball is.? It's softer than porcelain and harder than plastic.? It won't burn or melt.? Someone else on the forum found a couple of balls like this and I don't know if he ever figured out what they were for.These finds are several months old and from 3 different places, a school, a park and a house that was demolished.? The lever is from an old H&R top break single shot rifle I think.? That's a Keen Kutter switch lock that says Santa Fe on the back.? It's been smashed but it's one of my favorite finds.? I found it near the demolished house that use to sit right beside the train tracks years ago.? The tracks were relocated for an expressway.? As a child I lived about 3 blocks from here in an old shotgun house.? Use to watch the last of the steam locomotives go by and pick up coal along the tracks.? Fun times!? Monty

 

[DigEmAll]

Really nice finds! What exactly is a shotgun house?

 

[weldermark]

a shotgun house is a old, long narrow house,1800's,you walk in the front door you can see out the back door,ton's of them here.



HH Mark

 

[Monty]

A shotgun house is one that you can shoot a shotgun in through the front door and it will go completely through and out the back door without hitting anything! All the rooms are in a row, usually living room, bedroom (s), bathroom, kitchen, dining room, etc, all in a row. Very common in this area built before WWII. The cotton mill here in town now out of business use to have company housing called "Mill Row", all shotgun houses rented to employees. Monty

 

[Klick]

Here is a guess on the ball item.

During floor tile production the raw "powder" material is pulverized to get it very fine by tumbling in a huge tumble machine. Inside the machine would be many of those balls doing the pulverizing. The balls would start out larger and wear down over time. Im not sure if they would start out round or not. I have a few from Dal-Tile at work. These are white in color though. If bounced on a cement floor the rebound height is quite surprising.

In cement manufacturing they use steel balls.

Klick

 

[Monty]

If this ball wasn't dirty it would be white.? I never tried to bounce it, but your explaination makes sense.? I have seen a few of these found on the forum over the last year or so.? They all seem to be about the same size. I wonder if they replace them when they get worn down to a certain size?? Monty

 

[Klick]

yes they do replace them - ill post some pics of the ones i have on monday. Not all of them get worn perfectly round.

 

[Klick]

Here are the pics -
google clinker - ceramic clinker - clinker balls to get ALOT of info.

 

[isuzu1992]

I've always heard them(shotgun houses) reffered to as shotgun shacks. They are very common in east Texas, a lot of them are now small churches around there.

 

[Monty]

Thanks for th info for clinker balls. Ceramic would expllain the texture. Monty