rod-pa Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Howdy folks, A friend of mine is putting an addition on his house, built originally circa 1750s. I spent some time working on the dig pile from the foundation work. I have found very little other than nails. One old drawer knob, and this little item. It is a nice brass item with gold plate...still a little of the gold plate hanging on in spots, so I really don't want to clean it much. The little egg shaped item does spin freely on the post, as does the little skinny thing, which I will call a leaf. That has the most remaining plating on it. So far, searches have brought up nothing similar, but so far the best guess from a friend is a pocket watch fob. Any other ideas? I think the handle part used to swing freely, and it has a small hole in it, smaller diameter than the iron rust colored part it is touching at this point. I was using the VGG with super six coil...it really does have awesome audio in a mess of nails. Thanks for looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDancer Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 A watch fob is my thought as well. The swing arm would have been used to hook a button and the hole would have been where the chain attached. Good find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB_Amateur Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 20 hours ago, rod-pa said: I was using the VGG with super six coil.... OK, you've stumped me. What is a 'VGG'? Concerning your mystery item, does the back side look the same as the front? Phrunt's guess would make sense to me if the backside were basically flat or at least much less decorated. That still would leave me scratching my head why the central egg rotates. Regardless, a nice find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alluminati Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 What does the rusty end on the left look like, it could be a watch winder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rod-pa Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 23 minutes ago, GB_Amateur said: OK, you've stumped me. What is a 'VGG'? Concerning your mystery item, does the back side look the same as the front? Phrunt's guess would make sense to me if the backside were basically flat or at least much less decorated. That still would leave me scratching my head why the central egg rotates. Regardless, a nice find. VGG is a Deeptech Vista Gold Gain. It is the new 30khz version of the Vista Gold. I never had the Gold, but I really love the audio this thing has. I have dug more iron relics in the past few weeks since owning it, on purpose, because it is so easy to tell a large iron item in the ground vs a nail, etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rod-pa Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 both sides do have depth to them...no side is flat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDancer Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 On 8/27/2018 at 6:39 PM, Alluminati said: What does the rusty end on the left look like, it could be a watch winder. That too. I think its safe to say it belongs to a watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William P Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 I too was going to say an antique drawer pull, probably for a smaller drawer too. Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogodog Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 I'm thinking 18th century wax seal fob, missing the seal. The unusual things are the greatest finds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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