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Antique Find...I got questions.. #7067648
11/29/20 09:24 PM 11/29/20 09:24 PM
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Been looking for one of these old scales....and luck would have it....I found one in Bethlehem NH.at an antique store. It can weigh stuff from 1-50 pounds. Only took me an hour,to figure out how to work it...lol. But...any of Yinz got any idea how old this is ? Thanks Nessy

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Re: Antique Find...I got questions.. [Re: Nessmuck] #7067658
11/29/20 09:29 PM 11/29/20 09:29 PM
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That is cool!

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Re: Antique Find...I got questions.. [Re: Nessmuck] #7067666
11/29/20 09:31 PM 11/29/20 09:31 PM
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Scales like that were around in the 1800s and are still being made. Is there any marks on it?

Keith
Re: Antique Find...I got questions.. [Re: Nessmuck] #7067667
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Well im old enough to remember when the dead sea got sick and i never seen one so it must be older than that.....pretty neet.... any name or markings on it??

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Re: Antique Find...I got questions.. [Re: Nessmuck] #7067681
11/29/20 09:35 PM 11/29/20 09:35 PM
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Re: Antique Find...I got questions.. [Re: Nessmuck] #7067698
11/29/20 09:43 PM 11/29/20 09:43 PM
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Called a stillard scale: Google it and you find out lots.Typical farm used.Pretty common as far as they go but they are cool and always have liked them-P.S.

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Re: Antique Find...I got questions.. [Re: Nessmuck] #7067703
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Most likely late 1800's Nessie. That is in good shape! I have some of those as well as a big cotton scale along the same lines. I like scales and have a bunch of them.

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Re: Antique Find...I got questions.. [Re: Nessmuck] #7067756
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Thats a cool find nessy.

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Re: Antique Find...I got questions.. [Re: Nessmuck] #7067761
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Cool find nessy!!

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Re: Antique Find...I got questions.. [Re: Nessmuck] #7067793
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Guys that ain’t no scale, everyone knows what that is....

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Re: Antique Find...I got questions.. [Re: Nessmuck] #7067802
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I weighed something that was 3 pounds on that scale.....then took that item I weighed..and dropped it on my “ Not Certified “ ditigal scale..it read 2.87 pounds....close enough !

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Re: Antique Find...I got questions.. [Re: Nessmuck] #7067830
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I've bought a hand full of them. Not sure why other than I thought they were cool.

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Re: Antique Find...I got questions.. [Re: Nessmuck] #7068243
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I've got one and a "Beam Scale" for the really heavy stuff amazing how people over estimate the weight of animals especially deer and cougars!
Re: Antique Find...I got questions.. [Re: Nessmuck] #7068381
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Wow a antique nose picker grin

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Re: Antique Find...I got questions.. [Re: Nessmuck] #7068499
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I have a larger one that allways hung in my grandfathers shed where we all hung our deer. We weighted them on that.
Re: Antique Find...I got questions.. [Re: Nessmuck] #7068501
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I made one of those. More accurate than one would think.
Re: Antique Find...I got questions.. [Re: Nessmuck] #7068514
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Last week my neighbor gave me two of them... one bigger and one smaller. Very accurate and simple to use.

I have to clean them up a bit.

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