Re: What is it?
[Re: Nittany Lion]
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06/18/21 06:34 PM
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cmcf
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Fossilized Alien eggcase. The crab snake thing is gone.
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Re: What is it?
[Re: run]
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06/18/21 06:39 PM
06/18/21 06:39 PM
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A worn down grindstone - castoff. We have a bunch around here , wheel shaped about 2'-3' diameter. There was a wood refinishing mill around these parts about 100 years ago. Rumor and old pictures show the original size was about 10' in diameter. I would guess the one in the picture is more like the ones found in old water powered grain/flour mills. OP , are there any old mills/ flowing sources of water close to your location?
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Re: What is it?
[Re: Nittany Lion]
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06/18/21 06:48 PM
06/18/21 06:48 PM
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Don't know but would make a great mortar for a pestle
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Re: What is it?
[Re: Cragar]
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06/18/21 06:53 PM
06/18/21 06:53 PM
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Nittany Lion
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Don't call me Mister, Mister
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Don't call me Mister, Mister
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A worn down grindstone - castoff. We have a bunch around here , wheel shaped about 2'-3' diameter. There was a wood refinishing mill around these parts about 100 years ago. Rumor and old pictures show the original size was about 10' in diameter. I would guess the one in the picture is more like the ones found in old water powered grain/flour mills. OP , are there any old mills/ flowing sources of water close to your location?
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Re: What is it?
[Re: Nittany Lion]
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06/18/21 07:05 PM
06/18/21 07:05 PM
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Nittany Lion
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Don't call me Mister, Mister
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The area I live in has a bunch of small towns within a 20 mile radius, back in the day each town it seems had at least one feed mill, some of those feed mills go back many years and some of them had water wheels. I do not know much about this item, that is why I posted a picture, it is hard to see from my picture but the front has like a dip, like some sort of an opening for something to spill out of the bowl is what it looks like to me. This came about from my wife's uncle. He had it in his yard and it supposedly came from a small farm where he was born and raised. He passed away a few months ago and none of the family wanted it, that is all my wife had to hear, she said she would take it. The problem is no one knows what the heck it is. When I first laid my eyes on it I figured it was used to grind something. We had to hire someone to deliver it, lol. I got the bill today and the excavating firm that moved it called it a grinding stone on the bill. Here are two more pictures .
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Re: What is it?
[Re: Nittany Lion]
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06/18/21 08:27 PM
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Nittany Lion
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Good one BTL, I will tell my wife she has a theft proof flower pot.
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Re: What is it?
[Re: Grandpa Trapper]
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06/18/21 10:31 PM
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Nittany Lion
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Don't call me Mister, Mister
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I don't know how heavy it is, I was not here when it was delivered, my wife said they used the bucket on a backhoe to unload it and place it.
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Re: What is it?
[Re: Nittany Lion]
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06/18/21 11:22 PM
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Good one BTL, I will tell my wife she has a theft proof flower pot. don't shoot low when the grackles are de-heading the marigolds.....would not want to leave any streaks in it.
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Re: What is it?
[Re: Nittany Lion]
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06/19/21 10:47 AM
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Pretty neat Jim, I never saw one like that in this area. Here's a pic I came up with after some googling.. Here's the only kind I ever saw.. Back after the flood of '72, the guy who lived at the end of town had to rebuild his porch and decided to look for the mill stones from the Mexico mill which stood on his property. My granddad worked at the mill in the 19 teens before he went to wwi so he pointed out where he thought they'd be. After some probing with a long steel rod, they dug and came up with them. Last house on left leaving town heading towards T-Town you'll see them in the porch wall. Two other ones were taken to the campground and stood in the yard. They were laying just behind the servicemen monument not 15' from 22.
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