✅ SOLVED Age of shovel

[JVA5th]

Nothing all that exciting and this isn't my find. My mother found this this weekend and I've never seen a shovel like this one so was curious.

 

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[JVA5th]

I think it may be older as both parts that would hold where the handle would have been seen to be held on by some sort of rivets. Though I could be wrong I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to knowing the ages of items.

 

[bowwinkles]

It appears to be a vintage shovel blade that once had a long wooden handle held together like JVA mentioned above. Condition guess that it is from the 40"s.

 

[Gambrinus]

It looks very close to this shovel from a 1926 Ames catalog. I'm guessing that your shovel was intended to be used for gold mining because of your location. During the depression gold mining became popular again to make a living. So my guess is that it is from the 1930s, it may not have been used for mining at all but it is a mining shovel according to the catalog.

 

[JVA5th]

It looks very close to this shovel from a 1926 Ames catalog. I'm guessing that your shovel was intended to be used for gold mining because of your location. During the depression gold mining became popular again to make a living. So my guess is that it is from the 1930s, it may not have been used for mining at all but it is a mining shovel according to the catalog.

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I believe you are correct. It did come from a area that was mined. Looks just like it. Thank you

 

[JVA5th]

It appears to be a vintage shovel blade that once had a long wooden handle held together like JVA mentioned above. Condition guess that it is from the 40"s.

The response was myself what I thought could be the possible age because of what I know about rivets. I just find it funny you didn't realize the comment you are talking about is my own.