Cool relic from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake

[pl8man]

Hey everyone this is a cool find I made back in 2006 in San Francisco at a job site I was working on at the time . One of the sub contractors was excavating under the building we were working in . They dug down a good 20 feet or so . As the dirt was being taken out and put off to the side I noticed something in the dirt . As I got to it another worker saw it and was trying to get to it first . I put my hands on it before him and it was mine ! I still didn't know what it was but knew it was very old . The area I was in had been burned to the ground in 1906 due to the big quake ! I was told by someone on the site that back then a iron smith had been there . As it turned out I had got one of only four of these found ! It is a 61 pound chunk of metal with horse shoes all over it ! It had been so hot from the fire of 1906 that they were all fused together ! I have thought about posting it for a long time and today I was looking at it and thought why not today ! A little piece of history that I will give to my Son some day .
HH
Glen

 

[SilverForBrains]

great find, very unique and a neat story behind it

 

[highnam]

Cool piece of history. If that piece doesn't stir something up in you, I don't know what would. Thats natural art, to me.

 

[FamilyFun2010]

Very cool piece! Good eye!

 

[oldsalty19]

 

[Gruvpewp]

I found this thread through a Google search when looking to see if there were any similar items to my mom's piece from the 1906 quake. My mom was given this piece from her grandfather, which was given to him by his grandfather. Hopefully I attached the pictures correctly, but these are coins from a phone booth melted together from the fires in the 1906 quake as well. Cool to see other similar items from the earthquake.

Hey everyone this is a cool find I made back in 2006 in San Francisco at a job site I was working on at the time . One of the sub contractors was excavating under the building we were working in . They dug down a good 20 feet or so . As the dirt was being taken out and put off to the side I noticed something in the dirt . As I got to it another worker saw it and was trying to get to it first . I put my hands on it before him and it was mine ! I still didn't know what it was but knew it was very old . The area I was in had been burned to the ground in 1906 due to the big quake ! I was told by someone on the site that back then a iron smith had been there . As it turned out I had got one of only four of these found ! It is a 61 pound chunk of metal with horse shoes all over it ! It had been so hot from the fire of 1906 that they were all fused together ! I have thought about posting it for a long time and today I was looking at it and thought why not today ! A little piece of history that I will give to my Son some day .
HH
Glen

 

[cjon455]

That's really cool!, neat find glen

 

[Pointman]

I found this thread through a Google search when looking to see if there were any similar items to my mom's piece from the 1906 quake. My mom was given this piece from her grandfather, which was given to him by his grandfather. Hopefully I attached the pictures correctly, but these are coins from a phone booth melted together from the fires in the 1906 quake as well. Cool to see other similar items from the earthquake.
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At first I was wondering why in the heck someone was resurrecting this old thread, but that is a neat item. What is that in the middle of the V Nickels? What are the dates?

 

[Goose-0]

A suggestion......see if your local (city or county) museum would like to display it. I've donated a few items to our 'Historical Society' (museum) and the museum never knew that some of those items even existed. Now they help me in indentifying different objects that I bring in.....some in which they want. I then donate them.