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[Randy769]

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[bradyboy]

Looks like a standard cold chisel tool to me
Brady

 

[Randy769]

It probably is......there was just a bunch of them that were found and the guy I was with said it was an old rail line

 

[tamrock]

Any past dimensional stone quarries in the area? Or maybe a head stone memorial masons? They could be stone mason chisels. They needed to use allot of kept sharp chisels in that line of work.

 

[Helix]

You said it was found by a rail road. I occasionally metal detect on and around a old rail line or "cut". It runs out of the Ohio river valley and in order to put the line in they had to cut a path through the hills in order to lesson the grade in order to get the RR into the valley. Just like we do with express ways and roads today. This was done in 1840s and at the time was the steepest grade rail line in the world all done by hand. Took a few thousand workers a few years. Anyway my point is I have found lots of tools left by the workers at least what's left. Shovels, axes, wedges and lots of chisels like the one you have there. Your chisel might be left from the labors who put in the line. Especially if a lot of stone and rock had to be moved.

 

[nhbenz]

There are definite makers marks on the side of it; a diamond with a number stands out, then toward the tip from there I see letters. It may be marked as a railroad company tool, which would be interesting (although doesn't increase value much for these it seems, according to ended online auction results). On the plus side, cleaning it up to find out wouldn't hurt it's value.

 

[Helix]

There are definite makers marks on the side of it; a diamond with a number stands out, then toward the tip from there I see letters. It may be marked as a railroad company tool, which would be interesting (although doesn't increase value much for these it seems, according to ended online auction results). On the plus side, cleaning it up to find out wouldn't hurt it's value.

That would be something if it did have a rr company markings. I have a friend who collects rr tools and he was telling me railroad companies would mark everything, tools ect. I looked into Iding some of the tools I have found along the railroad mentioned above and turns out the companies who did the initial building of the rail line were private contractors. Mostly Irish workers that had recently finished projects such as the Erie canal. I don't want to highjack Randy's post so maybe I will start a post on some of the tools I have found along the rr I mentioned.

 

[Randy769]

does evaporust work....what method of cleaning rust would u guys suggest