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  • Carbide House lamp !

    Went detecting for a bit lot of ground was frozen. So I went in the woods were the ground was soft picked up this ornate carbide lamp they had carbide generators were you would ad water to carbide powder to produce acytalean gas in rural homes thought it was neat !
    New Jersey

  • #2
    That's a cool find. Must be brass?
    SW Connecticut

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    • #3
      Yeah though I had a silver dollar when I hit it lol
      New Jersey

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      • #4
        great find
        Wyoming

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        • #5
          Very cool, sweet find!

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          • #6
            Now that’s Americana at it’s best . Great share and information . I never knew that about the gas . Sounds toxic .

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            • #7
              Has a nasty smell still used today for welding and cutting steel.
              New Jersey

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