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Love seeing the old stuff. Wish I had been able to get some of my grandpas things when he passed. That would be treasure to me to never be sold, but passed on to my son.
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Old voltage tester for my 2x great grandpas Stevens Duryea. The meter in the photo is an ammeter not a voltmeter. If you put it across a set of battery terminals or household A.C. receptacle with no resistance in the circuit, you'll peg the [bleep] out of it and burn it up. The max it can handle at full scale looks to be only 30 amps. I'd hate to see you ruin it.
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You wouldn't believe how much of that ammo I shot as a kid in the late '70s. Stuff my Grandpa had lying around.
Should have saved them carefully.
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Excellent thread.
Thank you.
These are my opinions, feel free to disagree.
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I've got a Gladstone Marbles Ideal (circa 1939 blade) like your granddad's, too. Mine's stag on stag. The USAF survival knife, made by Camillus, is based on the Marbles Ideal, by the way. I've got one of those, as well.
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Old voltage tester for my 2x great grandpas Stevens Duryea. The meter in the photo is an ammeter not a voltmeter. If you put it across a set of battery terminals or household A.C. receptacle with no resistance in the circuit, you'll peg the [bleep] out of it and burn it up. The max it can handle at full scale looks to be only 30 amps. I'd hate to see you ruin it. Needs a new wire. Wouldn't use it even if it had a good wire.
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Too cool. Major collector value there. lolol You wouldn't believe how much of that ammo I shot as a kid in the late '70s. Stuff my Grandpa had lying around. Yes I would me too
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Love seeing the old stuff. Wish I had been able to get some of my grandpas things when he passed. That would be treasure to me to never be sold, but passed on to my son. Luckily most of this stuff is my great grandpas, 2x great grandpas and the surveyors compass was my 3x great grandpas. We are a small family now as my grandfather was an only child and my great grandpa outlived his brothers.
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Winter project. Battery first to make sure it pops off then clutch for sure as well as coolant, oil change and probably redo all brake lines/linings and maybe swith to a dual reservoir master cylinder.
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10gauge,
Those are some very NICE things! Thank you for sharing them with us.
I made some discoveries about my family this past summer. Most of it creeps the Hell out of me.
It gets pretty involved but it most of it revolves around my great uncles and murder, dismemberment and the first electric chair in Virginia. Oh yeah, it also includes the marriage of a 78 y/o man to a 22 y/o girl.
Just your typical family album stuff.
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That compass blows me away! Outstanding; thanks for sharing!
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We need more threads like this on the Campfire! Thank you for sharing some incredible family heirlooms. Would appreciate it if you or another member could educate me regarding the railroad nails?
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My Great Great Grandparents on my Dad's side were early settlers to Colorado and Kansas. In fact the town of Bennett, just east of Denver was named after my G G Grandfather, Hiram, who later became the first Territorial representative to Congress from Colorado, and served two terms there in the 1860s. When our parents passed, my Sister and I inherited a lot of stuff from 4 generations of our family. My family have always been interested in the history of the West and the Indians here. My Sister and I now have over 50 Indian blankets, dozens of Indian pots of all sizes, and numerous beaded items. Here are a couple of items that I kept and have on display in my house. These moccasins were given to my G G Grandfather Hiram in 1859 by the Ute Indian Chief Ouray. Hiram knew Ouray and one time when Hiram and his wife were camped outside of Denver, Ouray visited them. They gave Ouray a tin of biscuits, and Ouray took off his moccasins and gave them to my G G Grandparents. I put them in a frame and it is one of the family heirlooms that I proudly display in my house. Another item that I proudly have displayed at home is this picture of Hiram and Kit Carson that was taken in 1868 when they were working on the treaty with the Ute Indians in western Colorado. Kit Carson is sitting on the left and my G G Grandfather, Hiram, is sitting on the right. All four of the men signed the edge of the picture.
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cool stuff buffybr. I get groceries in Bennett.....
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Sometimes it's odd what gets passed down and what doesn't. I didn't get much from either set of Grandparents, other than Grandpa's Uncle's Marlin 94 25-20. I did inherit from my mother who got it from her Aunt a meal grinder that was supposedly Geronimo's. The wife of one of the deputies in the group who took him captive near Lawton,Okla, gave it to Mom's Aunt after her husband died, along with an affidavit of it's authenticity. He took it from Geronimo's camp, but of course we don't know for sure it was Geronimo's. Still, a neat piece of history.
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Remember to give me a holler when you find that case of Thompsons! 😉
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I My Great Great Grandparents on my Dad's side were early settlers to Colorado and Kansas. In fact the town of Bennett, just east of Denver was named after my G G Grandfather, Hiram, who later became the first Territorial representative to Congress from Colorado, and served two terms there in the 1860s. When our parents passed, my Sister and I inherited a lot of stuff from 4 generations of our family. My family have always been interested in the history of the West and the Indians here. My Sister and I now have over 50 Indian blankets, dozens of Indian pots of all sizes, and numerous beaded items. Here are a couple of items that I kept and have on display in my house. These moccasins were given to my G G Grandfather Hiram in 1859 by the Ute Indian Chief Ouray. Hiram knew Ouray and one time when Hiram and his wife were camped outside of Denver, Ouray visited them. They gave Ouray a tin of biscuits, and Ouray took off his moccasins and gave them to my G G Grandparents. I put them in a frame and it is one of the family heirlooms that I proudly display in my house. Another item that I proudly have displayed at home is this picture of Hiram and Kit Carson that was taken in 1868 when they were working on the treaty with the Ute Indians in western Colorado. Kit Carson is sitting on the left and my G G Grandfather, Hiram, is sitting on the right. All four of the men signed the edge of the picture. Damn!! Now that is awesome buffybr! Wasn't that the last photo taken of Carson before his death?
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Great stuff. Thanks for sharing it with us.
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This thread is fascinating. If this web site had one of those "LIKE" buttons I would hit it.
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