walking in the woods,. found an old car part

larry@stinescorner · Nov 6, 2011

found this old headlight of a car when I was pulling brush into the woods yesterday in PA , It has no rust on it, Does anyone know what it was made of., or how old it may be?
I think its from a car or truck, but I really dont know

CCer · Nov 6, 2011

Probably from the twenties, nickle plated, Earlier were more barrel shaped. Later were painted body color. Pick it up, get it back into circulation, someone is looking for that to finish their project. My 2 cents worth.

mrpleasant · Nov 6, 2011

If you dig in that spot, you are likely to find more. Get a layer down, and the water may not have impacted the stuff too much.

Badger bob · Nov 6, 2011

Larry is a two lite from a 30-31 frod model A is made from stainless steel. ive got some in my barn. and 2 on my 30 ford coupe. Bob

larry@stinescorner · Nov 6, 2011

if you want it you can have it for free,or any fellow tractor site friend can have it

dr sportster · Nov 6, 2011

I would do what mr pleasant said and come back with a shovel. I'm in the antique bottle club and metal on the surface means bottles down below. If you start finding pontiled bottles you can make some money.I would take that lamp shell home but I have a metal garden with rusted old stuff. If a model A lamp is on top of the pile you may find much earlier things below.

Billy NY · Nov 6, 2011

My favorite pastime, old farmers dumps, very common around here, started when I was a kid, its always a lot of fun to see what turns up, myself and a friend when were young would spend an entire saturday, finding quite a few bottles and antiques. In more recent times I found a hood ornament, that could be re-chromed, was just laying on the surface at a friends place, over the edge of an embankment, nice shape considering, found a brass bell near my place and the last time I dug around at our other place I found a railroad lantern lense, clear, but no staining or anything, looked on ebay, and there were several listed. About as enjoyable as seat time on ones tractor.

Badger bob · Nov 6, 2011

thanks larry but i have to many now. but there kind of neet. Bob

37chief · Nov 6, 2011

I think Bob has named it correctly. At our home place there were severl old cars, and parts laying around thanks to my older brother. I can still remember seeing two lights just like that one on part of a model A front end on the way to the family dump. When Dad moved down the road most of that stuff was just left. Back then it was just a lot of old junk. Stan

Dave Sherburne NY · Nov 6, 2011

Looks like the headlight from my 29 Essex. Look around and see if you can find the radiator fan I need one.

mrpleasant · Nov 6, 2011

I'm not too much in it anymore, but I've been known to dig looking for old beer cans. There are folks who still do it...
http://www.therustybunch.com

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