Found under a porch

Post by **Bushman** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 2:07 pm

My wife's cousin's husband just found this under his parents porch, I am going to try and get him to sell it to me as an antique. Would be great as a display piece.

PS: Will see them tomorrow and hoping to get a bit of history behind it and his dads distilling background.

ga flatwoods · Post by **ga flatwoods** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 2:08 pm

Damn nice find! I wish you luck!

woodshed · Post by **woodshed** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 2:53 pm

That's sweet Bushman. Found one very similar to that in an antique store here a few weeks back. Parting with 600 bucks is the only thing that kept me from taking it home.

Post by **Boda Getta** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:25 pm

Good looking piece; check that solder if you decide to try it out.

BG

Tal · Post by **Tal** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 12:32 am

Awesome find....might be some full jars hidden under there somewhere too??

Post by **googe** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 12:58 am

Awesome bushman, you find some great stuff!. I'd be running it just for the excitement and history factor

Post by **Bushman** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 5:07 am

It's not mine it belonged to my wife's cousins husbands father (could you follow that). We take them shrimping and do a lot with them and are very close. He sent me the picture as he knows I have an interest in the area, I am hoping he doesn't want it and would be willing to sell it to me at a price better than what Woodshed saw. I am not even sure how big the boiler is but I will find out today as they have a fractional ownership at a condo next to ours and I will see them today.

ga flatwoods · Post by **ga flatwoods** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 9:50 am

Too bad he didn't find a gallon shoved inside!

SoMo · Post by **SoMo** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 9:00 am

Well Bushman what's the rest of the story? Don't leave us hanging.

Post by **Bushman** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 11:19 am

Never got the whole story nor did I get the still. He has it on display at his house with a brown jug as an ornament. Do know it belonged to his dad and grandfather and they hid it under the porch when they thought revenuers were around. Hopefully he will find out more and share it with me.

Post by **MoonBreath** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 7:31 pm

True, unadulterated, American history at it's best.

Post by **moosemilk** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 11:45 pm

That's awesome. Thanks for sharing the pic with all of us. Finding bits of family history is always amazing. Finding significant items to pass down (even if not directly or to you) is an even better discovery.

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