The Recovery Agents
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small double ax head
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flakefinder
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Nice find , sure looks odd, Congrats.
Michiganne
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Wow, that is a strange one. 
It almost looks like slate in the pic. Definitely metal though? Interesting find! 
HH
It almost looks like slate in the pic. Definitely metal though? Interesting find! HH
mjc_lakedweller
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Slate, that is what I was thinking, but that would not register with MD. Maybe it was forged by someone who didn't quite know the blacksmith trade very well. Neat find.
The Recovery Agents
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Michiganne
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That is unusual. I'd like to see some other angle pics of it. Maybe post it on the "What Is It?" forum and see if anyone has seen one like it before.
Could it be a Native American artifact? Neat find.
HH
Mike from MI
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Very interesting! Neat find.
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Michiganne
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Thanks for adding some pics, RA. Without seeing it in person, I still think the top two pics look like natural stone. But I'm no blacksmith.
Let me know, please, if you get a positive ID on it.
HH
Without seeing it in person, I still think the top two pics look like natural stone. But I'm no blacksmith. Let me know, please, if you get a positive ID on it.
HH
Brentallica
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Sweet looking Axe!! Bet that one had the detector singing!!
kaptainkosmic
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Looks exactly like poor quality steel that is delaminating. So I'm going to speculate that it was made with poor quality materials or workmanship by a blacksmith. It was either not heated hot enough or wasn't addequately hammered to mix the original layers of steel. The heating and pounding were also instrumental in tempering the steel.
Just an educated guess!
Steve :-)
Just an educated guess!
Steve :-)
The Recovery Agents
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Michigander Dan
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Very nice and interesting find!
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very cool find!
