Help? I guess...

[JADaniels]

I am new... like two days new... I wouldn't even call myself a "treasure "finder"" more like a lucky gardener... ok enough of that... heres to what is important....
I found two pieces of "metal" yesterday when i was readying my yard to grow grass. I first thought them to be wood but when the gardening tool hit it sent that all too familiar sound in the air. Well i cant tell what type of metal it is and i don't want to "clean" it because i don't know what will or what wont hurt the items. Now that being said they might be nothing but on the off chance they are something real or authentic i do not wish to tarnish their integrity.

On a note to all that... I wont say where exactly... for personal reasons... but i live near or close to civil war territory in Virginia... near or close to the Lee Hall Mansion / Endview Plantation area.

So.... please help with all info and or identification.... maybe a way to clean then properly with home remedies. Or if they are nothing, be blunt please.

Pictures are of items: I dried them with a towel (it was raining when found) and dusted them off with a paintbrush and after i got all "earthy" crud that i could off... and for a comparison they are put next to a gerber tool four inches in length.

 

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[oldsalty19]

maybe pieces of a sword ?

 

[JADaniels]

any luck or idea of the metal type or how to clean them?

 

[diggummup]

any luck or idea of the metal type or how to clean them?

It's obviously an iron based metal, with all that rust. You can build your own electrolysis unit cheaply and easily using things laying around the house, here is a thread that gives you an idea how- http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/c...lysis-build-your-own-how-use-what-expect.html Hope this helps.