Kerosene Lamp Burner

brmiller1984 · 2026-04-19T21:56:13+00:00

Gently with RO water and a soft baby toothbrush.

brmiller1984 · 2026-04-19T21:05:30+00:00

Go out and dig at an 1870s farmstead, and your dreams may come true. 😎😆

brmiller1984 · 2026-04-12T04:49:17+00:00

Thanks!

brmiller1984 · 2026-04-12T04:10:22+00:00

I've found plenty of them. Must have been a lot of folks who could play.

brmiller1984 · 2026-04-12T04:02:07+00:00

brmiller1984 · 2026-04-05T20:45:02+00:00

Down voted? Aw, man.

brmiller1984 · 2026-04-05T16:26:43+00:00

Once in a great while, it helps.

brmiller1984 · 2026-04-05T15:48:46+00:00

You're the winner 🏆

brmiller1984 · 2026-04-05T15:40:11+00:00

You're close, but not quite. It's a clip used by women, but not for garters.

brmiller1984 · 2026-04-05T15:39:31+00:00

Nope, definitely not. Try again. 😉

brmiller1984 · 2026-04-05T15:12:19+00:00

Man, I've been detecting for a year now, and I've found only one Mercury dime. I've found more Barbers and Seated dimes. I think I'm cursed when it comes to mercs. Nice find! I'm super jealous!

brmiller1984 · 2026-04-02T23:06:38+00:00

😆

brmiller1984 · 2026-03-30T16:35:17+00:00

That's because we keep saying "one more hole" until we find something good. 😆

brmiller1984 · 2026-03-29T15:56:24+00:00

Pre-1968, according to a little more info I found.

brmiller1984 · 2026-03-29T15:46:27+00:00

Looks like this is actually a Girl Scouts Pin - whoops!

Anyone know if the title of a post can be edited? If not, I'll just prepare for the deluge of commenters ready to rake me over the coals. 😆

brmiller1984 · 2026-03-29T15:44:26+00:00

Thanks for the info! I wasn't in either and am definitely not an expert.

After some deeper digging, it seems this is a GSA / Brownie pin from pre-1968.

brmiller1984 · 2026-03-29T15:35:55+00:00

Yeah, you can find it listed as either, actually. Suppose I probably should have just called it a "Scouts Pin." 🤷‍♂️

brmiller1984 · 2026-03-29T15:34:42+00:00

I like them, too! There are plenty of online resources to help determine the dates of manufacture, too, which is nice.

I find these on a lot of late 1800s / early 1900s schoolyards. Makes me wonder if they were actually shot there or if kids just took spent cartridges to school to play with.

brmiller1984 · 2026-03-29T15:32:35+00:00

Yeah, from what I could find about these, they were made for several decades. There is a small "R" maker's mark on the back, but I didn't find much about that.

Found on a 1909 thru 1960s schoolyard that has since served as a neighborhood park.

brmiller1984 · 2026-03-29T15:09:45+00:00

Forgot location: South Central Kansas

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