Delta2187
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My ten year old son's friend was over and we headed out back to the old turpentine distillery site to dig for a half hour before the sun went down.
Found a bullet and a piece of .38 brass in the first couple of minutes - newer stuff about 3 inches down. Then at about 5 inches we found a 'wick assembly' from a lantern. It looks newer also (once it's done cleaning I'll post a pic).
A couple minutes later and about 4 feet away and at about 10 inches down we found the axe head. I've never seen one with this shape before. I don't see any markings but would love to know how old it is.
Anyone familiar with the shape or a special use for that shape of axe head?
It cleaned up pretty well (the inside of the hole for the handle didn't fair as well as the outer portion - 'line of site' limitation of ERR). I'm not sure what to use on it to keep it from rusting up again. I would like to display a number of the pieces that I'm finding so I don't want it to look greasy. Any ideas?
Found a bullet and a piece of .38 brass in the first couple of minutes - newer stuff about 3 inches down. Then at about 5 inches we found a 'wick assembly' from a lantern. It looks newer also (once it's done cleaning I'll post a pic).
A couple minutes later and about 4 feet away and at about 10 inches down we found the axe head. I've never seen one with this shape before. I don't see any markings but would love to know how old it is.
Anyone familiar with the shape or a special use for that shape of axe head?
It cleaned up pretty well (the inside of the hole for the handle didn't fair as well as the outer portion - 'line of site' limitation of ERR). I'm not sure what to use on it to keep it from rusting up again. I would like to display a number of the pieces that I'm finding so I don't want it to look greasy. Any ideas?