Unearthed Today
- CoalHeat
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- Location: Stillwater, New Jersey
- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1959 EFM 350
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- Coal Size/Type: Rice and Chestnut
- Other Heating: Fisher Fireplace Insert
Dug this up out in the yard today:
Sure looks like part of the top of the coal stove that once sat in the kitchen. I have found other pieces of it before, I wouldn't be surprised if the whole stove is out there.- coaledsweat
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Or some Chevy parts.
- CoalHeat
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- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1959 EFM 350
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Harman Magnafire Mark I
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- Coal Size/Type: Rice and Chestnut
- Other Heating: Fisher Fireplace Insert
I've found teeth and bones, I assume from a long-dead farm or wild animal.
No Chevy parts here that I know of. At the house where I grew up there's a small-block Chevy buried next to the garage, control arms for a '54 Chevy under the new garage floor, etc.
No Chevy parts here that I know of. At the house where I grew up there's a small-block Chevy buried next to the garage, control arms for a '54 Chevy under the new garage floor, etc.
- CoalHeat
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- Location: Stillwater, New Jersey
- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1959 EFM 350
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Harman Magnafire Mark I
- Baseburners & Antiques: Sears Signal Oak 15 & Andes Kitchen Range
- Coal Size/Type: Rice and Chestnut
- Other Heating: Fisher Fireplace Insert
Freddy wrote:Tis a manly man's Frisbee! Let's play!
I keep finding coal everywhere as well, guess lots of ash was dumped here as well. I'm adding to it.
- LsFarm
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I like Freddy's suggestion, teach Hivac to play catch with that frisbee !!
Greg L
Greg L
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Nah, nobody buries a Chevy -- we just keep fixing 'em & drive 'em forever.
Every time I dig in my yard, I unearth something too! I had to run conduit last week & found a chunk of anthracite, chunks of a pool liner, plastic cigar butts, a nice piece of steel rod about 1/2" around & a foot long, & some 2/0 aluminum wire about 9" long. That was only a foot down! My whole yard is a landfill...
Wish I had a backhoe -- I bet I'd find cars! Every once in a while, something comes to the surface on it's own. Found a truck rim, an old 60's pickup truck gas cap, a tail light from the 50's or 60's & a pedal crank for a bicycle last month.
Every time I dig in my yard, I unearth something too! I had to run conduit last week & found a chunk of anthracite, chunks of a pool liner, plastic cigar butts, a nice piece of steel rod about 1/2" around & a foot long, & some 2/0 aluminum wire about 9" long. That was only a foot down! My whole yard is a landfill...
Wish I had a backhoe -- I bet I'd find cars! Every once in a while, something comes to the surface on it's own. Found a truck rim, an old 60's pickup truck gas cap, a tail light from the 50's or 60's & a pedal crank for a bicycle last month.
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Oddjob?DVC500 at last wrote:
Reminds me of that Chinese guy on the old James Bond movies, that decapitated people by throwing his derby like a frisbee.