I'm 70, and every drugstore back when I was growing up had a check-out counter display with small pocket size tins of Bayer aspirin tablets, Alka-Seltzer tablets, etc. right next to the cash register. Absolutely agree on the Bayer Aspirin tin.
These tins were also included in travel sized first aid kits, often used by hunters, recreational campers and Boy Scouts. Of course, a responsible scout would have carried his trash out with him : )
we had a round, half-bell at waist height on our front door in Vermont when I was growing up there. It rang by turning a key-shaped crank in the middle of it. We drove my grandmother nuts, turning it.
I lived in a 1911 2 flat in Chicago that had a service bell on the back porch - it made a horrible noise when you turned the key. That’s what I thought the bell was when you pulled it from the ground.
Yep, I was guilty of stuff like that as a youngster, too. Also winding an alarm clock's ringer-key so that the clock would just keep ringing when it went off. :P :D
I know it's not your thing, but it would be fun to sift each of your holes for other items, or areas where there's runoff from a possible dump site. I volunteer!
My mother always had that Fuller PASTRY BRUSH in our kitchen. It was to brush shortening or butter onto a baking pan surface to prevent sticking. --Long before anyone invented spray cans of No-Stick.
I've still got one just like it in my kitchen. Might even be the same brand. It was my grandmother's. I use it to baste butter over my biscuits. Not always. I've got other, better brushes. But sometimes l use it just for that connection to the past.
105% correct still have one to this day! Fuller Brush Company is an iconic symbol of the early American way of life, I remember as a child the men coming to my house to sell their wares. It was almost as good as going to town!
I remember Fuller Brush and their door-to-door salesmen, all men. Every kind of imaginable brush for every imaginable kind of need. "Fuller Brush Man."
That looks just like a basting brush mom had in her kitchen drawer. She would best butter on top of her pie crusts before baking them. Fuller brush company made good quality things.
@@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586 No, you're totally correct, Leah; lead would indeed melt at stove temps --- back in colonial times, I think that people would melt lead on the cookstove to make bullets, wood fires can even almost soften iron; you know how they would speak of a "ruddy-cheeked stove" when it got really cranked up on a cold day. :D
Hey young man, another great video for our viewing pleasure! You provide a wonderful setting, music that I just love, and always a handful of surprises. Plus your incredible positive spirit, what more can a viewer want! 👍❤️ Thank you!
@stephaniemccoy6562 I made a dumb mistake 25 years ago and lost a girl named McCoy, whom I would have married. Then, thankfully, I got away from one named McColley. She was like a beautifully wrapped present, but once you unwrapped it, there was nothing there but an empty box. Next, there was McCrazy. I don't have to say anything more about that one. So you know what I did, Stephanie? I married a Russian girl. End of the story, all is well. But, when I see the last name, McCoy, I immediately think of what could have been, but one has to remember the present is much more important than the past. Have a great weekend, Ms. McCoy. Oh, and if you didn't notice, I am a McKee Lol how crazy is that?
The pin likely held a shell cameo, the tin is Bayer Asprin. Looks like with the button and coins you are in a 1920's site. The heart shaped "thing" maybe a buggy step used for a makeshift fencing gate ?
That all makes sense to me. Especially the heart shaped iron step. I was thinking a gate handle at first. But the step seems more plausible. The 2 holes would allow it to stick out from it's attachment point, the spike of the heart would stick into the toe of your shoe to prevent slipping, and it is beefy enough to support some weight. Yup... a buggy/carriage step makes sense. Probably the carriage or whatever it was attached to rotted away and they repurposed it.
I saw a carriage/buggy step right away, but the heavy wire/steel added... hmmm - maybe a yard ornament. Screw the wire ino the dirt and the heart stands tall.? Chuck
My first thought was the heart could be a piece of a rug beater? They had long handles and a wire beater side that was usually a woven wire shape that was flat to whack the dust out with.
I wonder if the heart iron was part of a wagon. Possibly a reins catcher and grab handle. It looks like it had a sturdy mount. Just my two cents. Interesting finds for sure. A hike in the woods always makes me feel better, thanks.
Thanks for sending good vibes this way. Wanna hear something kinda crazy, kinda coincidental. A mechanic buddy of mine,his name is Mike Streeter. Not sure if the spelling is the same.
Brad, Bayer Aspirins used to come in metal tins (I’m dating myself - 78). It looks like the colors that Bayer used to use. Nice finds today. Love you channel
I have found unexpected items in the most unexpected places ! A few years ago my family and I went camping in the woods a few miles from FLAGSTAFF ,ARIZONA ! So my daughter and I went rock hounding ! We were on a well traveled trail ! My daughter doesn’t miss much ( I CALL her “EGALE EYE” as we walked along she was in the lead ! I’m thinking I would like to find an ARROW HEAD ,without much hope of finding one ! As I walked along looking for pretty rocks I SAW A PERFECT LITTLE ARROW HEAD LAYING IN THE PATH ! Like someone just put it there no dirt on it ! It was black obsaiden ( lava glass ) my daughter said she didn’t see it ,I was very surprised, she doesn’t miss things ! I still have it ! I keep it in a little box with a layer of cotton ! I think it was for small game ,there are wild turkeys in the woods ! Love your shows ,amazing what you can find metal detecting ! Or just walking along a path ! I think my Gardinen ANGLE PUT THAT ARROW HEAD ON THE PATH FOR ME TO FIND ! My daughter said she didn’t see it and she was only a few steps ahead of me ! Be safe !
The piece with the wire wrapped around it made me think it was being used to pull fence wire tight...either as a handhold or to attach to a rope or chain to a horse to do the pulling. It does look improvised.
Yeah, I was gonna suggest a fence-tightener, too --- maybe for forcibly twisting the wires together or making the fence-wire a little shorter to reduce sagging?
Been playing with the Deus 2 for a year or so now and have been amazed by a couple of custom programs easily available on RU-vid.The Scottish Detectorist has the ‘Jethro’program that bangs high conductors unbelievably deep.When you think it must be a big piece of iron cause your forearm deep and still digging,it turns out to be a small high conductor of some sort.Also the Tekkna program that Gary at XP promotes is unbelievable at picking non ferrous targets out of iron infested sights.I’ve been hitting an old train stop for years with at pro/gold,Fisher F75,then the Equinox 800,and thought there was nothing left.Tekkna found me heaps of 2 piece and underwear buttons,small buckles/suspender bits,all I’d passed up on thinking it was iron for the last 15 years.I’d love to see what it would do on the old homesites you have over there!
Brad at lest you did better than i did a few days a go I got up in a hurry and it was dark so when it got daylight i saw i had put one brown shoe on and one black shoe but at lest thy were the same brand shoe lol.
The horse pectoral looking piece reminds me of when I was a kid growing up in a farm in Putnam New York we had a similar setup that we would use for a movable “fence wire gate” that we’d pull across a big entrance to our pasture. When we wanted to move the animals from one side or the other it would get unhooked and swung to the other side until the animals passed through then pulled back over and hooked back on the big metal hook in the corner post of the fence. It was in our horse pasture and separated it from the sheep pasture to keep the horse in one area.
At first i was wondering why is it so strange to find that kind of a figurehead in a forest, but then i realized this is NA we're talking about here, not Europe where we find these kinds of things everywhere. I mean, in the UK, dig in your back yard and there's a big chance you'll find some kind of roman artifact. :))
Your videos are so therapeutic in these turbulent times. Your camera work of your finds are the best, and the extra treats of critter's,shrooms and Flora just add to whole show. Many thanks
17:30 My mother had a pastry brush like that. You could slide the aluminum cap up the twisted steel stem and the brush would be wide and fluffy, or slid down it was more focused. Also aided cleaning the brush. Interesting finds and video Brad.
I’d have to think about having that jewelry cleaned up and replated with the missing pin replaced and having something like a piece of abalone, a cameo or a family portrait installed. It would make a wonderful gift.
The metal woman's head reminds me of a detail is saw on a 1880's apple press. It was on the side with all the patent numbers and looked like a pure flex by the manufacturer
That cobalt glass button is really cool. I've never seen one before. Didn't even know they exist. And I've seen a lot of antiquities over the years. Excellent find!
I have my mom’s Fuller Brush basting brush. I immediately recognized yours. The aluminum ‘bell’ would slide up to allow for cleaning the bristles and back down to secure them. She got hers back in the early 50s. I remember the Fuller Brush salesman would come and she bought kitchen items.
When I was little my mom had a Fuller brush carpet stain cleaning kit - I always remember her having it so it’s possible she had it before I was born. The Fuller Brush Man was a door to door sales type situation. This was in the 60’s. Nice quality stuff too, but it wasn’t a happy day when mom had to pull it out. ❤
I think that lovely heart was repurposed into a gate latch, where you hooked the heart over something to close the gate. but what is really was for, no clue! Love your videos, especially the litle bits of ferns and salamanders! be safe out there!
17:53 One thing to keep in mind, though, Brad --- just because it's called a "pastry bush" doesn't arbitrarily mean that someone was actually spreading glaze on donuts or icing on a cake when he lost the brush. Implements of simple and "universal" design like brushes or knives can often be used for many purposes: just like how that heart-shaped metal item that you previously found had been reused as a wire-twisting/pulling handle, a soft-bristled brush --- even a small delicate one like this --- could serve countless needs, such as dusting, applying solvent and/or lubricant, salving a wound, and so on. Whoever was last using that brush, therefore, might just as likely have been in the stable or workshop, rather than in the kitchen.
Haven’t been able to watch your videos as often as I normally would. Love your channel and the music. Relaxing and always makes me smile. Hopefully run into you and your buddies detecting one day
Wow, that friendly neighborhood Fuller Brush Salesman went the 'extra mile' to get there! Lol Nice Finds Brad! Even the Bayer Aspirin Tin. Recognized it from when I was little and young and not old.
The Fuller Brush handle is a pastry brush, most likely used to baste meat while cooking. That particular one is likely late 1800's to early 1900's. real neat find.
You probably already know but that style lock you found is called a Rim Lock. Love the metal face you found, so cool! Love the filler material with the orange salamanders, great capture! That heart horse tack item is really awesome, I would find a way to repurpose that one! Great hunt Brad, as always
I think the bell you found is the underneath half of a bicycle bell. They had a habit of unwinding themselves especially if your riding over bumpy dirt roads. I lost a few when i was a kid. Love watching your videos here in Australia mate.👍🏻
Really enjoy watching you metal detect. Love your videos, they direct and to the point, very professionally done!! Keep them coming. If I wasn’t already into Geocaching, I would buy a metal detector and join you in searching for treasure, but here in Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee .
I used that exact same pastry brush as a kid helping mom in the kitchen. The heart shaped handle looks like it got repurposed as a latch for a farm gate. The way the wire specifically avoids the lower hole makes it feel like the hole would get hooked on a nail to pull the wire tight thus holding the gate closed.
When I was a child, the Fuller Brush Man used to come by in his truck a few times a year to my grandmother along with the milkman and the Cushman Pastries man, the last two about once w week. All back in Massachusetts.
I recognized the pastry brush handle immediately. I’m 78 years old and I remember the Fuller Brush Man selling his wares to my mother! My grandmother used one, too, and I used one in my younger days. That bell-shaped metal thing slid down and held the brush material together. The metal could be slid up the handle so the brush could splay out to wash off the basting material; oil, lard, butter, etc.
That small blue button looks like it had a jewel in it at one time. That center indention seems like a setting. My grandmother had one of those Fuller brushes. She used it to swab butter on rolls and cornbread.
I'd say with fair certainty that the heart shaped cast iron is either a doorbell pull, or a flushing toilet cistern hand pull... I'm from the UK and I've seen the handle over here in stately homes, from around 19th-early 20th century...
I think something that would be kind of fun is that when you ask the question, "What do you think this was" if you read some of the things to us that people have said. I do go look sometimes to see what they say, but not all the time.
Lots of mystery items! I think the heart shape was a tool to tighten bobbed wire , cause u can't grab it to wrap it tight! The little face I think belongs to an old stove it's so cool how they decorated appliances in those days! Fuller brush handle should be in a museum??🤣🤣
I just want to tell you how much I love 💕 your channel Brad.. I live in Maine but I lived in Barnard Bethel for three years in the North Road .. I absolutely love your channel.. The history is fantastic and my guy you are the best!! 😮😊love you to max!! I lived right at the Plimsbury National Forest for a year .. History unreal !! 😮Fantastic time there!! ❤
That little Fuller pastry brush reminds me of one my grandparents had. They used it for brushing barbecue sauce on meat when we cooked out, among other things. Neat find.
Great Hunt Brad. The Broche is Beautiful. I love finding those. Some are very Ornate with excellent Details. Congrats on the Buffalo Nickle and Wheatie. The Ladies Face Piece is Beautiful. Congrats on all your finds. Take Care Brad
Pastry brush it is. The heart shape looks like it might be used as a horse hitching post tie. Just saying. T4S always a great adventure Brad. Nice pieces.👍😘
The dome-type bell find could also be one of two that sat atop an old wind-up alarm clock. My grandmother has several of them and the bells sat atop them like "Mickey Mouse Ears" :)