Thought it was a large cent

fred sanford · Sep 29, 2010

After work I hit a little park on the way home. I got a decent signal and dug what I thought was a large cent. It looked that way coming out of the plug.It was'nt :no:

It was a unique find though. From what I gather on the web the company dates back to the late 1800,s to early 1900's. I think it was part of a key chain or something. Heres some pic's .Good luck to you all.

Bonesquat · Sep 29, 2010

That's an awesome find. Good job. You'll probably never find another one the rest of your life.

durhamradio · Sep 30, 2010

Thats a nice find, Keeps interest alive as you never know what will surface next.

Stevo · Sep 30, 2010

Very cool! Congrats!

randy · Sep 30, 2010

That's pretty cool man, and in decent shape as well.

Steve/WMASS · Sep 30, 2010

Interesting history of this company. This was the start of Stewart/Warner Co. The Clark of Stewart and Clark was killed during a demonstation of their speedometer.

rcptuna · Sep 30, 2010

Great Americana Find!!

Great find Mr. Sanford...with some weird tragic history.

In 1905 Stewart & Clark Manufacturing Company was founded and acquired all assets of the Sterk Manufacturing Company.
The partners erected a small manufacturing plant on Diversay Parkway in Chicago. This plant would eventually grow to a one million square foot (93,000 m²) manufacturing and headquarters facility for Stewart-Warner until the company left Chicago in 1988.
Due to his patents, Stewart collected $311,000 (period dollars) in royalties, which were calculated at $5 per speedometer sold in 1909.
Unfortunately, Clark was killed while demonstrating the Stewart speedometer in a Packard during the 1907 Glidden Tour #.[1] Stewart acquired Clarks' share of the company.

HEAVYMETALNUT · Sep 30, 2010

cool find!

NoNeck · Sep 30, 2010

That is a cool find.

fred sanford · Sep 30, 2010

Thanks

Thanks for the replies and comments everybody. Rcptuna thanks for the info. Good luck to you all.

agbkyle · Sep 30, 2010

Neat find and great info Rcptuna.

copper head · Oct 1, 2010

i think its better than an old crusty large cent any day

fastfrank · Oct 1, 2010

Not me

They had loony people even back then :lol:

FoundInNC · Oct 1, 2010

that is very unique

Qball · Oct 2, 2010

Nice find!!! That is very nice! Congrats! We just got back from Disney this morning. I'll give you a call this weekend. You'll have to fill me in on your hunts. Glad we got some rain this week. Talk to you soon!

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