Ahoy! This is the first thing I've found that's old since I started swinging a couple of weeks ago. Found it on the bank of a river in Kentucky. I can't find any photos of one exactly like it.
Thanks for any input!
It could be an axe for fighting woods fires. The side where the rivets are coming may have held a foot long or so piece to rake with that has came off. The missing piece, if that is what it is, would look like the stationary part of a sickle hay mower and have some teeth on it. I think they are called fire rakes but that's just a guess...d2