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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vern, post: 32282, member: 347&quot;]Hahaha.&nbsp; The owner is quite fond of it, naturally. </p><p><br /></p><p>Should hear back before first of the year but may run by Oxford again this week too.&nbsp; So two more tests incoming.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suppose I am more fond of the history than value.&nbsp; I could never destroy it to recover the gold.&nbsp; I would hope others feel the same. </p><p><br /></p><p>It was tough to find a bank vault with a big enough box.&nbsp; Just moved all my other safety deposit stuff in with it... Got plenty of room for more junk.&nbsp; Paying a good fee every month.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hahaha, believe me though, there have been some hard months where I thought about breaking a chunk off for melt.&nbsp; So glad I haven&#039;t done it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other side of this coin that still hasn&#039;t been investigated is the lead in the pole.&nbsp; The threaded bolts at the top and bottom for the base and finial are seated in lead.&nbsp; But I can feel and tell that the lead goes up about 8 or more inches at the bottom and 3 or 4 at the top.&nbsp; I&#039;m wondering if anything is hidden in there.&nbsp; It would be really easy to stack coins in the pole and pour lead over them.&nbsp; You can see where the bearing is, that someone has been pouring lead into the hole for it.&nbsp; I&#039;ve never seen a lead filled brass pole like this, but maybe it is more common as an old pole mount construction technique?&nbsp; I&#039;ve also considered that the wheel was too heavy for the whole mount so they added more lead as a counterweight...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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