Hunted area that was used by the 45Th Va Infentry during the CW. Recovered a digging tool from about 11" that I do not recognize. Any help identifying and dating it would be appreciated.
TomB
Not wanting to contradict anyone here, but I don;t think it's an adze.
1) the angle of the handle hole to the blade looks wrong - to be functional, the handle on an adze should be close to 90 degrees to the blade - this looks wider than that
2) the shape of the blade doesn't look suited to work as an adze with its really rounded corners and all
I suggest, like bradyboy, that it is the working blade of an old wood-framed, horse-drawn plow, beet lifter, potato digger, root cutter, etc..
Of course, I could be off by a mile !
Diggem'
Yup. The end of a way of life. Too bad. It's a good way. Wagons forward! Yo!
Not wanting to contradict anyone here, but I don;t think it's an adze.
1) the angle of the handle hole to the blade looks wrong - to be functional, the handle on an adze should be close to 90 degrees to the blade - this looks wider than that
2) the shape of the blade doesn't look suited to work as an adze with its really rounded corners and all
I suggest, like bradyboy, that it is the working blade of an old wood-framed, horse-drawn plow, beet lifter, potato digger, root cutter, etc..
Of course, I could be off by a mile !
Diggem'
Don't worry about contradicting. Everyone has their guesses.
1.) The handle angle is wrong, but it could be bent.
2.) The blade has a large chip out of it and the corners look worn, perhaps it was not made rounded, but got that way over time.
I think adze.
And I could be off by two miles!!
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
Could be an early or home made version of a Bark Spud.
For many centuries, bark was used to tan leather. "Bark peelers" cut down trees, peeled off their bark, and carried it to the tannery.
And many years later it was learned how to make paper from wood, most paper companies couldn't use bolts with bark, so pulpwood was peeled in the woods using a spud to pry the bark off. There were many different patterns for spuds.
One thing that everyone understood was that the amount of effort involved varied greatly with the season. In the spring when the sap was up, the bark was loose and would peel easily, but during the dormancy of the tree the bark is tight and very hard to remove, though the relative difficulty varies with species.
Although all the Spuds I have seen are straight, Imagine a very large wood chisel, I can see using a tool of this shape for de-barking a tree.
And I could be off by three miles!
Steve
How come every time I press #1 for English, I still can't understand the person on the other end of the line?
I used a tool similar called a sapoon...(not sure i spelled it right.) Aka..an Italian grape hoe. It was used to create trenches for planting stuff...like grape vines.
I kept on digging the hole deeper and deeper looking for the treasure chest until I finally lifted my head, looked up and realized that I had dug my own grave.
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