castletonking
Full Member
This is a question i have about iron and its age. i have found a few unidentifiable pieces of iron,that are no longer iron as we know it,more like a black crystaline flaking,very easy to break material. how long does it take to degrade iron to this point? I live in an area of a great concentration of colonial history,is iron thats been in the ground in this condition after 20 years or 200 years? i have also found a knife in this condition,very brittle and fragile.