Please help me prove my boyfriend wrong!

[mmoore4813]

Does anyone think this may be something or according to my boyfriend "It's just a piece of junk, you're crazy"! I found it near Aiken, SC sticking out the side of a creek bed. It's about 7 inches long, made out of iron. One side of it looks like it has a pattern of some kind on it, and the other side looks something like a hoof maybe? Could it be a piece of a statue? Maybe my imagination is running away from me and my boyfriend's right. I don't know, any and all help with this would be greatly appreciated!

 

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[4x4x4]

take a hammer to it, that looks like rust.....maybe it will fall off.

.....I agree...chip away at it, the rust is hiding the truth!

 

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[jewelerguy]

it's simple. you're a woman, he's a man.... of course he's wrong

 

[kingskid1611]

I like it and would try to clean it up a little to see what it could be. You never know what ......

 

[Tony in SC]

The reason I mentioned the Bomb plant is because part of the Savannah River Nuclear Complex is in Aiken county. It's where atomic weapons fuel was processed in the 50's. I've seen pictures of what exposier to that stuff does to iron and even concrete.

 

[Honest Samuel]

You are right, get a new boyfriend.

 

[Oddjob]

The reason I mentioned the Bomb plant is because part of the Savannah River Nuclear Complex is in Aiken county. It's where atomic weapons fuel was processed in the 50's. I've seen pictures of what exposier to that stuff does to iron and even concrete.

Well no wonder she has no posted anymore, she is worried about that third arm growing off her little toe. Only way to fix that is to neutralize it by putting in a microwave for five minutes at the local truck stop. Then pull it out fast and rub it on the exposed areas.

This will also wake up the fella inside of it who will give you three wishes, but like others have said you may need to clean it well with hammer first.

When your done with it just set it in your front yard with a big sign that states Free radioactive material.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

If you do a Google image search, you come up with food.

 

[FFFPatriot]

Wow !! you all are mean ... What does it matter she found it and maybe someone can eventually tell her what it is.. Maybe its valuable maybe not, but she found it and its of value to her ...

Do you have a local relic club to take it to and ask someone of knowledge?

There is an organization that can probably identify it. Club of Rusty Artifacts Possibly, or C.R.A.P.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Mmoore4813, I'm sorry to see your post has (mostly) gotten a different kind of reception than a new T-Net member should get. Some people forget that we all started out as ignorant beginners.

Here is a serious (non-humorous) answer, which your request deserves. Paraphrasing waht a friend of mine said recently in this forum, looking at heavily rust-encrusted excavated iron objects is like looking at clouds -- you'll see all kind of things in the nebulous forms. You'll need to remove as much of the rust-encrustation as possible, as gently as possible. The Electrolysis rust-removal treatment would be best for that, but because you most probably cannot do Electrolysis (yet), you'll have to try some alternatives.

You could try the vinegar soak first, and if it doesn't do much, then you try another alternative... lightly tap the rust-crust off a little bit at a time, with a hammer. Put the relic on a concrete surface, and gently tap the encrustation, starting at one end of the relic, and move forward a bit at a time as the crust breaks off.

Thank you for putting a coin in the photo alongside the relic. Many newcomers don't think to do that... which makes the job of this forum's relic-ID helpers harder.

At seven inches in length, and apparently pretty much straight for its full length, your relic is too long to be part of a horse-shoe. Perhaps when the "cloaking" rust-encrustation is removed, we'll be able to tell whether your relic is a boken-off piece of a larger object... or is intact. For example, it MIGHT be a railroad spike, or somethig similar.

Welcome to TreasureNet's "What Is It?" forum, the best place on the internet to get unknown objects correctly identified. May you have good fortune in your metal-detecting efforts. Please do not be discouraged. I hope we'll hear more from you. As I said, we all start out as ignorant beginners. Keep on hunting, and learning,

 

[Terry Soloman]

Mmoore4813, I'm sorry to see your post has (mostly) gotten a different kind of reception than a new T-Net member should get. Some people forget that we all started out as ignorant beginners.

Here is a serious (non-humorous) answer, which your request deserves. Paraphrasing waht a friend of mine said recently in this forum, looking at heavily rust-encrusted excavated iron objects is like looking at clouds -- you'll see all kind of things in the nebulous forms. You'll need to remove as much of the rust-encrustation as possible, as gently as possible. The Electrolysis rust-removal treatment would be best for that, but because you most probably cannot do Electrolysis (yet), you'll have to try some alternatives.

You could try the vinegar soak first, and if it doesn't do much, then you try another alternative... lightly tap the rust-crust off a little bit at a time, with a hammer. Put the relic on a concrete surface, and gently tap the encrustation, starting at one end of the relic, and move forward a bit at a time as the crust breaks off.

Thank you for putting a coin in the photo alongside the relic. Many newcomers don't think to do that... which makes the job of this forum's relic-ID helpers harder.

At seven inches in length, and apparently pretty much straight for its full length, your relic is too long to be part of a horse-shoe. Perhaps when the "cloaking" rust-encrustation is removed, we'll be able to tell whether your relic is a boken-off piece of a larger object... or is intact. For example, it MIGHT be a railroad spike, or somethig similar.

Welcome to TreasureNet's "What Is It?" forum, the best place on the internet to get unknown objects correctly identified. May you have good fortune in your metal-detecting efforts. Please do not be discouraged. I hope we'll hear more from you. As I said, we all start out as ignorant beginners. Keep on hunting, and learning,

Great advice from TheCannonBallGuy, and Welcome from White Plains, NY. I agree with most of these jokers that what you pictured is lovingly referred to as "Leverite," or "Leave 'er right where you found 'er."

We have all found a Leaverite specimen or two in our day!

 

[mmoore4813]

What's your problem? You don't have to be an *******. My first time on this site, thanks for the rude welcome.

 

[mmoore4813]

Hope your little snide comments make you feel better. Bet you were bullied as a child.

 

[mmoore4813]

Thank you.

 

[mmoore4813]

I will, thanks for your helpful comment!

 

[mmoore4813]

I tried this and unfortunately you're still here so guess you were wrong! Thanks anyway.

 

[nomad 11]

Wow !! you all are mean ... What does it matter she found it and maybe someone can eventually tell her what it is.. Maybe its valuable maybe not, but she found it and its of value to her ...

Do you have a local relic club to take it to and ask someone of knowledge?

mean ? if you're going to point fingers be more specific ! just to clarify i'm on her side. i said all that matters is she likes it. see its like your first love you never forget it. so she'll forget this soon. just wait until she finds her first silver ring.MAN O MAN O MAN BOY OBOYO BOY and then you shoot for that dream of a gold ring. or a gold doubloon if you want to experience real "MEANIES" go on the psych forum. people are on there with real life problems looking for help and other people badger you and ridicule you, cut you down. i forgot rude.SHEESCH..............i mean holy moly..........thats the world we live in today. everybody needs an outlet

 

[HuntinDog]

mmoore4813,
I'm with "The CannonballGuy".
Sorry for all the snide remarks.
We all start out wondering what we find, as we get more experience under our belt we learn that some things are only worth packing home to properly dispose of.
The saying... "If you dig it up, pick it up" comes to mind.
Anyway back to your what's it.
It started out as something, so cleaning it may reveal more detail and we can ID it.
On another note... when posting a reply in the lower right of the posted threads is a tab that says "Reply with Quote"
Click on it and add your reply. That way we know who you are replying to.

Don't be put out, keep posting your questions.
You'll get some great IDs and a few snide remarks, but it's all good.
Thank you for your post.

It's always good to have an imagination.
It looks like it was broke off of something.
Try cleaning it up with a vinegar soak or electrolysis.
You may be able to get a better ID.
Welcome to the Maddness....

 

[Honest Samuel]

Welcome, you are right, get a new boyfriend.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

We dont know who you are replying to. You need to use the "Reply With Quote" feature.

Back to the unidentified item. Are you sure its iron? It kinda looks like pot metal or aluminum. Does a magnet stick to it?

 

[fyrffytr1]

I started to reply to this thread but after reading some of the other replies I chose not to. I see one reply was deleted and other members have apologized for the disrespectful comments. That being said I think your object may be part of an iron fence. Maybe a post finial or something along those lines.