Tasmaniacs Trash 'N Treasure.

[just starting]

That`s awesome, Dave79.

Could possible be from a windlass ,seeing you found it near an old mine.

FOZ

 

[Dave79]

Seems a bit small, could only run 4 or 5mm cord through it .

 

[Smoky bandit]

Interesting find Dave. :Y:

 

[just starting]

I would be searching for double offset pulleys. and see what you come up with . I searched online last night just for windlass pulleys and there were some smaller ones . Maybe just for water buckets . Being offset could be the key to it . The bit on the end sits in something .And the loop in the other end might be attached to a chain of sorts .

 

[Aussiedigs]

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/
Found an interesting thingy near an old gold mine today. Looks like it was mounted on something and has 2 small pulleys in it. Made of brass. Anyone got any idea what it might be used for?

Possibly an old lamp pulley? Back in the day they used to lower the lamp to light it then haul it back up. Being brass may be because it was ornamental? The floating section is interesting. To swivel or dampen? Twin pulleys! There is a bit going on with that pulley! Lowering/raising a blind!

 

[Dave79]

A few other thingys from the same area. Can see a soldering iron, buggy reins guide, harmonica reed and bits of an oil lamp. The closest thing to that pulley I've found online is a chandelier windlass system so Aussiedigs might be onto it. Most of the industrial pulleys from that period seem to be cast iron so I'm thinking that it was something from the house.

 

[HippyProspecting]

Those bottles are cool dave79.
I remember finding some very similar out bush many, many a moons ago in Bendigo as a kid
If only I had of kept them

 

[Bush Chook]

Alternatively, what about the system to secure and retract older style canvas verandah awnings? They had pulleys for braided rope that looked not dissimilar to that used in the double-hung sashes.

 

[silver]

Looks like a nice big chunk a silver there Dave

And those bottles look smashing hey !
ower: :Y:

 

[Dave79]

It's hallmarked but more like silver foil, nothing chunky about it. 8.(

 

[Dave79]

Alternatively, what about the system to secure and retract older style canvas verandah awnings? They had pulleys for braided rope that looked not dissimilar to that used in the double-hung sashes.

Could be, all the window sashes i found just had single pulleys running down to a weight.

 

[Flowerpot]

Great hunts Dave, well done. Some really interesting finds. :Y: :Y:

 

[Dave79]

Found my first Chinese coin today, in pretty rough condition but another one that was pretty high on the bucket list. :inlove:

 

[Smoky bandit]

Awesome find Dav.. :Y:

 

[silver]

Xnzho yshng de bnl
erfect:

 

[DetectingSA]

Xnzho yshng de bnl
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That sounds delicious

 

[7.62marksman]

Xnzho yshng de bnl
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means
Find a lifelong partner
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Dave79]

Xnzho yshng de bnl
erfect:

means
Find a lifelong partner
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Me and my equinox :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[just starting]

The older and more rustic it looks, the better ,in my book, DAVE79 .

A good find.

Are you any closer to solving the mystery of the pulley ?

FOZ

 

[silver]

Lol.... the tranlate over to Chinese