nothing important but long shot at former identity of iron chunk

[Crendel]

greetings! found this chunk of iron fairly deep at water's edge- prob about 16-20 inches down (kept filling with water as i dug)- while beach metal detecting. mostly just grabbed it to get it out of there but i did notice some sort of "grooves" at the top (left side in some of the photos). its pretty heavy and twisted up and obviously has a lot of sediments stuck to it but i was just wondering if this resembles anything that anyone might be familiar with- thought maybe those grooves might be a clue, they almost looksort of ornamental. ive tried running it through google lens from all sorts of different angles and it was pretty much useless. i would just be curious to know what it is before i toss it in the scrap. cheers!

 

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[CrankyBuzzard]

Any time I find "unknown iron" that no one can identify, I run it through electrolysis before tossing it. Sometimes the removal of sediment and rust will reveal more detail or patterns.

 

[invent4hir]

CrankyBuzzard has good advice. In the condition its in it might be off of cast iron furniture or stove...

 

[Crendel]

yeah i may end up having to do that. not because i think its anything stunning but just because ive spent so much time thinking about it now that its going to drive me nuts. figured id take a shot here first but i think thats what it may come to. thanks!

 

[invent4hir]

After you clean it, post more pictures. Someone may be able to ID.

 

[Tpmetal]

off a stove or old cast iron radiator heater?