Axe head

[Nathan W]

Found this at supposed CW river crossing. I don’t know if it’s related. Could been a farmers. It was high on a foothill along with some other various items. I cleaned it up best I could.

 

[Silvermonkey]

Sure looks like it has some age on it. Congrats!

 

[river roamer]

Nice find

 

[oldmxrat]

Nice, congrats!

 

[The Rebel]

Nice find!

Soak it in vinegar, then White vinegar and finally molasses. Scrub it with a brass wire brush as well a Dremel steel wire brush, if you have one.

See my ax here: https://www.treasurenet.com/threads/trade-ax.682409/

 

[Gare]

Some times i use white vinegar

 

[Nathan W]

Some times i use white vinegar

Ideally I should do electrolysis but I don’t have that set up, just an ultra sonic cleaner which it helps when I use vinegar in it. I will work on the axe with my drill with wire wheel a little more

 

[cajundetector]

Found this at supposed CW river crossing. I don’t know if it’s related. Could been a farmers. It was high on a foothill along with some other various items. I cleaned it up best I could.

Congrats!! I don’t know what others think but it looks wrought.

 

[Nathan W]

Congrats!! I don’t know what others think but it looks wrought.

It’s old, I found along with a late 1800s lock. It’s got a lot of pits from the rust eroding the iron

 

[The Rebel]

I've found a lot of ax heads over time but not one like mine. Now I wish I had brought them home as there are ax head collectors.

 

[cajundetector]

Congrats!! I don’t know what others think but it looks wrought.

I’m looking at the very bottom

It’s old, I found along with a late 1800s lock. It’s got a lot of pits from the rust eroding the iron

im looking at the very bottom of the piece and it looks like some layering/grains. If so, from my understanding, it’s most likely wrought iron which qualifies it as very old.

 

[Digger RJ]

Found this at supposed CW river crossing. I don’t know if it’s related. Could been a farmers. It was high on a foothill along with some other various items. I cleaned it up best I could.

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Cherokee65]

Found this at supposed CW river crossing. I don’t know if it’s related. Could been a farmers. It was high on a foothill along with some other various items. I cleaned it up best I could.

Congrats! Nice find! That one looks like it might have been the work of a blacksmith. I think it’s older than the one I found yesterday 4/02/23.

 

[Blackfoot58]

Very nice find Nathan. Good luck cleaning it up. I hope it comes out well.