Big, Heavy Chunks of Metal

jdog09 · Aug 29, 2017

I dug these chunks of metal up near a river. The 2 smaller pieces are magnetic, but the larger piece is not. They are quite heavy. One has a part number or something printed on it. Any ideas what these are or the type of metal ?

Bayoutalker · Aug 29, 2017

That must have blasted your ears!

Cliff

007tallguy · Aug 29, 2017

Bayoutalker said:
That must have blasted your ears!

Cliff

lol, i'd say! those are BIG targets. :shock:

by chance, was there a saw mill or a grist mill on that river? it's a big gear from some sort of machinery.

NectarDetector · Aug 29, 2017

Looks like a flywheel or a brake... either way I would have called it a Leaverite... where you "Leave er right" where you found it...lol

jdog09 · Aug 31, 2017

HuntinDog · Aug 31, 2017

Not many of us would pack that heavy stuff out.
I'm of the mindset that if you dig it up pick it up.
It helps clean up the environment.
So I pack a lot of the stuff out.
Even though I know it has no value.
Just throw it in the recycle pile.

Anyway... it looks like a gear off of some type of equipment.

SalemDan · Sep 3, 2017

possibly gears to a locks. similar devices used in ship steerage.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/...tgomery_Canal_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1806427.jpg

it's a guess.

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