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found this at my grandparents house they had an old wine cellar back in the day they found it. my grandma said they took it to a historical museum back in the 80s or 90s and they wanted them to donate it. any ideas what it was used for or how old

youtube short of axe found this at my grandparents house they had an old wine cellar back in the day they found it. my grandma said they took it to a historical museum back in the 80s or 90s and they wanted them to donate it. any ideas what it was used for or how old any input will help!

Southern West Virginia. Found this out in the apple orchard with my dad in June 2023. On the site, I have found many points, filled multiple mason jars with debitage, a broken axe head, abraders, rubbed hematite, and a few nutting stones. I don't know what kind of stone but it's not similar to...

This full groove broken axe poll, found on the same creek as my favorite three quarter groove axe and the small roller pestle, was broken at the groove. Found 12/07/2003 in Hancock County Indiana. I had been walking the field and was heading out. As I got into the dark loam ground of a boggy...

A number of years ago, my wife asked me to clean up the "rocks" on the mantel. You may have read about this in the past. This request happened maybe 10 years back. So I removed all the relics, boxed them up, and put into a storage bin in the barn. Since that time, I have had the good fortune...

So yesterday the wife and I did some running around getting things done, with today, Sunday planned to hit the fields. Yesterday was overcast and the morning had light rain. It was tough to NOT get out into the field. Even as I get older, I still get the hankering to hit the fields when I see...

My wife and I drove out to a farm to preview a point for a sale. When we got there and I was talking to the farmer, it turned out he grew up not far from where I did - within a mile. I was checking out the point and he was telling me that he found a small axe when digging a well a number of...

Help with information? I can’t find anything like this. Guessing it’s forged steel by blacksmith. Unusual open butt design with forged pins.

The hunt for the elusive hardstone Friday evening the rain started, a steady cool rain accompanied by strong winds. There was a strong front the week prior which brought record tornadoes to the Midwest including Bowling Green KY, the hometown of my wife’s family. Very thankful we sold our...

Hi TreasureNet folks, I'm trying to figure out the origins of this pick axe and crow bar we found while exploring an old trading route. The pick axe has markings... maybe a "forge mark?" Does anyone have any insights, or even pictures of other axes they know about that match this one? Would...

Hello Everyone, Found the two pieces to this broken axe head on two different days metal detecting in NC - imagine my joy when I realized they actually fit together 😃 Anyway, from what I?ve gathered so far in doing a little research, the head shape seems to align with the one I?ve seen on...

Hello! Had a interesting morning. Have had a of of rain recently, with a lot of erosion occurring in the front yard. Not only do we live on a hill that has previously been landscaped a total of 3-5 feet of digging to lessen the steep grade, but it's also right by a known river that a Indian...

Hi all , new here. Have posted pics of this item & would like to know more about it. 300mm long , 150mm wide , weighs 0.896gr. Obviously been used for something as lots of scrapes/ divits in the brass. Not so much interested in value but age , where , really the provenance. Cheers

Hi everyone, thanks in advance your help with these. My grandpa left pails of rocks in his garage when he passed, which after some investigation over the years I’m thinking might be native artifacts? Doing some spring cleaning so I decided to finally clean them up and snap some pictures to...

There are some areas where our soil conditions are easy on the iron. After more than 20 trade axes, id have to say this one came out of the ground in the most pristine condition.

Hello, Just looking for any thoughts on age or history of this axe. Thank you, Norm

Can anyone help ID or date this axe? I'll be using electrolysis to remove the rust when I move in January, but until then it sits like this. It was found in Zaleski, Ohio. Any help is appreciated :)

So yesterday I was detecting and got a very good copper/bronze signal 8 inches down. Dug down about 9 inches in 30 minutes until I saw the edge of an object I tried to get it out but then I gave up and after some time to convince me to get it out I tried and it took me an hour to finally unearth...

I fount these on our property. Obviously the one is an arrowhead but I'm not sure of the type or era. The other looks like a hand axe and then a possilbe grinder, both of these fit perfectly in the palm of my hand. Any help or ideas?

First off I would like to say hello! I'm new to the forum and I'm excited to start learning. My brother got me interested in hunting for artifacts after he found about 7 nice points while at college over the last several months. Listening to him tell me about their history and what they're...

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does anyone have any ideas what this may be??? appreciate any info

Guilford Axe Anybody's thoughts opinions. Rowan County North Carolina I found this this weekend in a field that has produced many Guilford points, Various Scrapers tools, what I believe to be morrow mountain points etc. etc. Just wanted to see if anyone had any opinions or thoughts on this...

Anyone out there know how old or what century this Axe and Hammer were from? The both look antique especially the axe. Any info would be great! I tested it with a magnet and it does stick to both.

I found these two items on our old farm when I was 10 years old, that was over 30 years ago. We lived in northern Heard County in western Georgia. I know the Creeks lived there. Not sure about the Cherokee. The grinding stone has two pits on one side and one larger pit on the other and are...

The spear and axe below were found in the 1970s by my father and uncle on a very remote hilltop in Southern Utah (near Bryce and Zion national parks) hidden under the roots of an old dead tree. Anyone have a guess as to their origin. I'm guessing either a late 19th or early 20th century...

Didn't find the house, but found the tool shed I had a much needed productive day in the woods. I went out yesterday trying to locate two old houses I found in an aerial photo from the 1930s near my house in the middle of the woods. I could not find the houses or any sign of them last night so...

Does anyone know about this style axe head? I found it metal detecting at an abandoned town in Vermont that was colonized in the late 1700s. The town was split up in 1855. It feels more like stone than metal. It measures 6-1/4 inches long.

I found what looks like it could have been an axe head or celt about a week ago near the Catawba River in North Carolina. I am pretty new to this and have no idea what I'm talking about lol. Any suggestions/advice? thanks, sosa961

Hi all Went out to one of my permissions on Thursday morning, hoping to get an hour's detecting in between showers. To be honest, I wasn't expecting to find anything much. First signal was a little medallion/medal which said something like 38th Boston Encampt. (any ideas?) Got a good signal a...

???Hi,I found this axe head near to an iron age fort site today.I found another one(my last post) a few weeks ago but this is different.The hole in it seems to be narrow at one end,then gets a bit thicker.It is 16 cm long and 11 cm high(at the tip of the blade). If anyone could id this it would...

Hi,I found this iron axe head the other day about 4'' down,near an iron age fort site.I dont think its iron age,but could anyone tell me roughly how old it is? Thanks

Found this in South Texas. Was wondering if anyone could tell me what it actually is... (hopefully not just a rock!)

I found all of theses by walking creeks while arrowhead hunting, not metal detecting. But this seems like the more apropriate forum. Amazing how many steel axe heads I have found compared to the few stone axes. I want to preserve them the way they are all rusty. What is the best way to do this...