Glenn in CO Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 This 5-day sale features 2,900 lots in multiple collecting categories including Mining, Minerals, Native Americana, Bottles, Gaming, Cowboy, Tokens, Numismatics, Railroad & Express, Postal History & Philatelic, Firearms & Military, and General Americana. The auction starts October 19th through October 23rd on the Holabirdamericana website: https://holabirdamericana.liveauctiongroup.com/auctionlist.aspx Item# 1198 list the Black Box Gold Detector This device is for the "black box" affectionado, the person that specializes in unique "tools" to "detect" gold. Metal tag on the top: "A.E. Meek T & B Co./ Makers/ Denver, Colo." The box has the name of one of the owners on the front of the opening top "Jack Bell." The device inside the box also has a tag (brass): "Sachs, Lawlor M & M/ Co./ Denver, Colo." The box is 6.5" square, 11" tall. the device fits snugly into the box. It has muscovite windows with gold foil connected to some "electrodes". A small box comes with it containing thin papers and some gold foil. A manuscript note calls the device a gold electroscope. Have fun looking at the items that up for auction! 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northeast Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Whiz bang flash divining rod??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatup Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 cool old relic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Probably a device for detecting electrical charges... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroscope https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-determine-the-sign-of-a-charged-object-using-the-electroscope-if-the-electroscope-is-positively-charged-initially Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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