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Old 06-28-2009, 10:33 PM
 
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A hillside dump site on my property is still in surface trash stage of discovery. What I cannot identify are the non-glass cylinders - about the height of a soda can, not as big around, very HEAVY, and the only feature is a rod that protrudes from one end by about 1/2 inch. Of course I have photos - but I am not sure how to go about including those ...

Well, I have gone to the attachment icon - let me see what happens ...oh kewl beans - OK - if you can help me please
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Old 06-29-2009, 07:31 AM
 
Location: Free Palestine, Ohio!
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Sort of looks like old brake fluid cans.
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Old 06-29-2009, 08:24 AM
 
Location: South of Maine
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Default Is it a cod?

Funny how "bottle dump" sounds better than "land fill". I find most bottle-necks on the highway. Years back, when I started digging for a living... at a local Utility co., with the first shovel of dirt I heard a clink. It turned out to be a rectangle shaped brown bottle with a raised fish on the front with a raised fish-scaled border. Not a fisherman. Why I don't even fish in the e-Bay... but I figured it held cod-liver oil. Its about 3 inches x 9 inches...not very big...but I still didn't throw it back! Is it a cod?
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Old 06-29-2009, 08:32 AM
 
Location: South of Maine
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A hillside dump site on my property is still in surface trash stage of discovery. What I cannot identify are the non-glass cylinders - about the height of a soda can, not as big around, very HEAVY, and the only feature is a rod that protrudes from one end by about 1/2 inch. Of course I have photos - but I am not sure how to go about including those ...

Well, I have gone to the attachment icon - let me see what happens ...oh kewl beans - OK - if you can help me please
at first glance they look like catalytic converters... 2nd glance cathotic anodes?

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Old 06-29-2009, 09:20 AM
 
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at first glance they look like catalytic converters... 2nd glance cathotic anodes?
I had to look up photos of the catalytic converters - and most of them have 2 "ends" Equally - they were introduced in 1975 - and this is turn of the century dump site....

Thanks so much for offering some help!

BTW - your brown bottle may certainly be a COD bottle, but definitely not a CODD bottle.
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Old 06-29-2009, 09:24 AM
 
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Sort of looks like old brake fluid cans.
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Thanks for giving me the cranial hit for something else I couldn't remember. The ones pictured here, however, are solid, heavy, and with no openings. The end that protrudes is not a cap of any sort - may be a long rod, as we found some rods that length separate from any apparent cylinders.
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Old 06-29-2009, 10:16 AM
 
Location: South of Maine
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I had to look up photos of the catalytic converters - and most of them have 2 "ends" Equally - they were introduced in 1975 - and this is turn of the century dump site....

Thanks so much for offering some help!

BTW - your brown bottle may certainly be a COD bottle, but definitely not a CODD bottle.
Stepped in in it big time! Sorry...I was having so much fun with catalytic & cathotic that I danced right by codd. Do you think the dump was "closed" after '75? So, in there somewhere, you're saying the fish is NOT a codd?
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Old 06-29-2009, 10:39 AM
 
Location: South of Maine
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The Unusual Codd Bottle
In 1872, Hiram Codd realized that inserting and capturing a marble in the neck of a bottle would provide a new and effective way of sealing mineral water and soda bottles without corks or external stoppers. His bottle used the effervescent pressure of the mineral water to force a marble against the upper ring of the neck of the bottle. This made a very efficient and durable seal. Some of these bottles have remained sealed for more than 100 years.


OK.. think I got it into the boat! The fish is a cod, and Mr Codd's bottle is special!
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Old 06-29-2009, 01:39 PM
 
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Wannadanc, are your mystery objects solid? Have you broken one open to see what's inside? I'm wondering if they could be parts of old batteries that have been broken up for scrap.
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Old 06-29-2009, 01:53 PM
 
Location: Limestone
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Wannadanc, are your mystery objects solid? Have you broken one open to see what's inside? I'm wondering if they could be parts of old batteries that have been broken up for scrap.
Or weights from an old scale ? The ones they used in warehouses with the weight arm like they use in doctors offices today ?
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