| Author |
 Replies: 49 / Views: 8,158 |
|
|
|
|
Valued Member
United States
360 Posts |
Earle, thanks for the interesting info. Very much appreciated. I walked along the old line for about three or four hundred yards today. Nothing this time around, but I did shoot a couple of pictures.   As you can see, some of them are not in the greatest of shape. After being exposed to the elements for Lawd knows how long, it takes its toll. I'm thinking about going back at night (with a friend) and getting a few under cover of the darkness. Before I do so I'm going to walk the rest of the line and see what I can come up with. |
|
Valued Member
United States
360 Posts |
I just read the posts pertaining to arrowheads. In the mid 70s, my father and I used to hunt for arrowheads on just about every weekend. We found tons of them! Of course, back then it was legal to do so...now, not so much. Last spring, after a hard rain...I found this on my property. I kept it of course.   A fairly large sized example, in my opinion. I'm thinking that it was used for larger game like deer, etc. I reckon it was made sometime between 1860 and 1890, but that is just a wild guess. |
|
Valued Member
United States
160 Posts |
I found an insulator unlike anything I have ever seen today for $20. It was blue but almost as big as a pie plate and heavy. Shaped like a sombrero. Very odd. What are they worth? What were they for?
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Canada
4227 Posts |
This is an interesting thread. I thought it best to check my 'doorstops' but could only find one... the other must be packed away somewhere. The one I found is Dominion and has a 42 on it and it's clear, so I'm guessing it's quite common. I'll keep looking for the other though.
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
 United States
10038 Posts |
@ndwlegal what you have found is a Hewitt suspension disc insulator. These were used on high power towers. I'm sorry I do not know the exact price because I don't do too much with porcelain insulators especially suspensions. But I think $20 is about the right price for this one.
I admit I really like the color of these and a couple times of almost bought them but I have a trouble finding a place to display the larger items like that.
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
10038 Posts |
@ afterimage
First I apologize to everyone because this is so chopped up rather than in one message but I am just now getting home from another insulator show!
It surprises me that you did not find any more Mcgloughlin's on this line they probably are there may be a little bit buried her in the weeds or something.
The pieces you took pictures of actually are some of the most common pieces in the lobby and in fact on the show the show I was just at had them on the free table. The aqua one is an aqua Hemingray 42. They made these literally in the billions.
The clear ones in those pictures that have round drip points on the bottom are clear Hemingray 42s. The clear ones with smooth bases are either there Heming great 45s or Whitall Tatum number one. The CD number for these is CD 145. The CD number for the Hemingray 42 is CD 154.
Rather than climbing which can be dangerous because the poles could be rotted off below the ground, go to insulators.info and search in the picture folder for insulator picker. There you can see how easy it is to make something to get them down without the need for endangering yourself.
How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
10038 Posts |
Getting car sick posting these even though I'm dictating to an iPhone. Will post more answers when I get home
|
|
Valued Member
United States
331 Posts |
Surprisingly, the antics that you saw at Bridge Day are reasonably incident free. It's been a number of years since there was a Bridge Day fatality. BASE (Building , Antenna, Spans, and Earth) jump equipment has become very specialized and extremely reliable. Also from the footage I saw it appeared that the river was fairly low this year allowing for an excellent landing area. Some years water landings were the only option which makes multiple jumps difficult logistically. Bridge Day is one of the few legal venues in the U. S. for BASE jumpers so it has become extremely popular. I had a passing desire to try it once but prefer the extended freefall time of jumping from aircraft.
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
10038 Posts |
@Chequer The Dominion 42 is the Canadian answer to the Hemingray 42. In an off clear - (called straw) these are very common, though cool looking valued at 1.00-3.00 (or free tables in Canada). But if you do have a modern drinking-glass-clear one, then thou have a valuable piece. These book at 50.00, but, if I am not mistaken, it is a lot harder to find than the price reflects. If I am not mistaken these bring in over 100.00 - maybe up to 200.00 for collectors. Its been a long time since I have heard of one and I have never actually seen one despite looking at Canadian glass and being a bit knowledgeable in some aspects Dominion since I have collected specifically some of these in the past. The Dominion 42 also comes in an incredible range of stunning ambers and the best dark cornflower blue (800.00-1000.00) color in the hobby. @afterimage - that is one amazing arrowhead. I love the translucent ones like this. I know nothing of the values on them although I have friends who live in Binbrook, Ontario who keep finding more and more of these and other artifacts on their property. They say I also live in an area where I should be able to find paleolithic specimens. Just got back from the largest insulator show in the country! Last year I posted a thread mentioning my fiend Steve Blair who had hosted this show for 42 years and suddenly passed away. I am so happy that I was able to procure a piece from his collection (and a good one at that!). It will remain with me forever and always be a favorite. I will post pics tomorrow. I also got some other incredible buys I will take pics of. @JimJumper Yes, the River was very low this time and they did have a designated "bullseye" drawn on the shore. VERY memorable event - like to see it (note that verb  ) again sometime. |
|
Rest in Peace
United States
1729 Posts |
I just returned from an extended trip into Colorado (found some coins at excellent prices at a Loveland antique store, but that's for another thread).
I returned to Kansas via Colorado and Kansas 96 - a certified "blue" highway, if there ever was one. It follows the UP route, probably from Kansas City to Pueblo, and along the way for at least a hundred miles I could see clear and aqua insulators on the telegraph poles which still run beside the railroad line. Hundreds and hundreds of them.
Most of the poles still showed a half-dozen or more insulators; a few looked as if they'd been "picked". I would have to think that most of the insulators are the common Hemingray types (I have a few of these) which would explain why they're still there. So who actually "owns" the abandoned poles and insulators now - the railroad? The landowner? If someone were to try to collect them (via midnight requisition), what would be the likely outcome after a deputy sheriff pointed a spotlight at someone hanging from a crossarm, pockets filled with glass insulators?
Just curious. I'm sticking with coins and my other hobbies, mind you, while keeping Earle42's warning about rotting poles in mind. My climbing days are long past; my trick knee doesn't even like it when I climb up to the attic!
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
10038 Posts |
Actually the Deputy Sheriff scenario all depends on where you are. Pre 911, I had a ladder up against a pole and was climbing (before my lineman-gear-owning and insulator picking device days).. The location was over a steppe embankment with a road at the top.
All of a sudden I hear, "What are you doing down there?"
Me: Getting one of the abandoned glass insulators from these poles. Is there anything wrong officer?
Policeman: Oh, no we just stopped b/c we saw a car parked back at the crossing and wondered if it was an abandoned vehicle since no one was in sight. Have a great day!
We then proceeded to go very close to town right ned to a busy highway where there was piece I had been wanting. I figured if anyone said anything, I could tell them a policeman had just OK'd my activities!
MAN I miss pre 911!
Anyway. I would not be seen climbing nowadays b/c of the post 911 era.
But if I was a long way from a road, and the poles are abandoned, they simply will become industrial trash for the weather to try to decompose. Glass is very non-biodegradeable! Farmers usually take the poles down and use them for fenceposts. If they live in a liberal state where the laws impose more on personal freedoms, then they call around until they find who owns them and get permission. A good place to start is the electric company.
BYW - please - no flaming on the liberal state comment. I meant only to declare fact. I have friends all over the US, and it is collectors living in the liberal states that post the most complaint about not being able to go out and hunt like the good old days. The laws in these states have very steep fines and the RR police are very alerted to arrest people. I live close to the PA border and have no problem walking along tracks on the outskirts of town. People in town even do this and walk their dogs there. But I would NEVER do such a thing in MD or Mass. anymore.
|
|
Moderator
 United States
16679 Posts |
I'll get a picture of that lantern glass red arrowhead tonight when I get home Earle.
@Afterimage
Looks to be Obsidian (volcanic glass).
You can look along the Owens River a couple hundred miles N of Los Angeles although it's highly illegal since it's not private property.
I have done well in Arkansas on a womans ranch.
A campsite location approximately 2500-3500 B.P.
swcoin.ecrater.com
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
4233 Posts |
Ha, I stumbled on this thread searching the forum for "PVC". I found a motherlode as a kid out walking the tracks - a few poking above the ground so I went back with a shovel, there must have been 50 or more all buried together. Most were broken or chipped but I saved the good ones. And here I thought the insulator craze came and went in the 1970s.
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
10038 Posts |
@kbbpll
Nope - far from dead! Its actually growing. I think a lot of the craze you mentioned was that people used to go out hunting for ten a lot in the wild back then, but this lessened as time went on b/c people were not finding as many "nicer" ones in the wild. Although there are still some out there. But 9/11 made it hard to get access.
However, I have a friend who recently was on an abandoned line and found a 1500.00 insulator!
How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
|
Moderator
United States
14463 Posts |
I hate to bring up this old thread, but didn't see another one that fit. Earle42, would you be interested in two ceramic insulators that I picked up at my Mother's house? They were probably items my Grandfather found somewhere.  |
|
|
Replies: 49 / Views: 8,158 |
|
First Page
Previous Page
Posted 10/31/2013 8:06 pm
