Identifying odd old components

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riggler

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Are these some kind of capacitors? If so, is there a capacitance chart I can use to look up their values? This is from a very old cassette hunting game caller!

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Those are tropical fish caps.  I use the flat ones in pedals a lot for a vintage appearance. Be warned, they also have a vintage tone -- not perfectly clear and clean -- so I don't use them where clarity is at a premium.

here's a link to a chart that might help you:

http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n370/jusepics/Tropical_Fish_Color_Chart.png
 
My 1970 Mullard Data Book describes the "tropical fish" caps as Miniature Foil C280/AE Series. And the value of that one is 0.1uF 20% 250V.
I think the others in the first pic are ceramic caps, but as to value could only guess at 47pF (or 470pF if that bottom ring is brown not black) for the one on the right; 6800pF for the one in the middle; and "your guess is as good as mine" for the one on the left!

If they don't measure short circuit, they're pobably OK.....
 

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