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Old 03-15-2012, 09:36 PM
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Default Old Iron Tool? Help ID Please
I found this at an old mining town area (pre Civil War era). Anyone one ever seen anything like this?

It's iron and wedge-shaped.
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nice find!
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Looks like a small wood wedge

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Looks like a small wood wedge
That's what I was thinking.

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Maybe the tip broken from a pickaxe or a chisel.
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Maybe the tip broken from a pick
That's what it looks like to me too.

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broken chisel

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