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Antique Questions Forum / TNT Detonator Box

« on: October 26, 2004, 12:43:41 am »

I would like to know the value of this item. Does anyone have any experience with antique mining equipment? I would say that this unit it approximately 100 years old; it has a charging handle that engages a set of gears that turn a armature housed in a stator assembly, which generates the spark (basically the same principle of a starter motor or alternator). Suprisingly, this item is in excellent condition. I'm sure I could get it to work if I opened it up. It is serviceable and is built very well; an item truly from a better vanished time.  All help will be greatly appreciated.