Whacked again

[sandchip]

My son and I got out in the backyard for a quick hunt yesterday before supper and as usual, he gives me a good whupping. I found an old brass hose sprayer and he found this. Looks pretty old, but just how old, I don't know. Can they be dated from the shape?

He could at least get excited about it. He just started detecting, and I'm the one all fired up over his find. Kids...

 

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[DCMatt]

It is a shingling hatchet. Looks like it has been in the ground a while. Maybe early to mid 20th C...

I'd put a handle on it and use it. My best/favorite axe is made from a dug axe head.

DCMatt

 

[dirtlooter]

yep

 

[sandchip]

I figured it was a roofing hatchet, but was thinking (or hoping) more 1850 than 1950. By then, I thought the head of the hammer had shifted upward more in line with the top. Thanks for your help though.