todays E.O.

[GatorBoy]

today's E.O.

Looks "spikey"
About knocked my headphones off.

 

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[AUVnav]

have your local vet xray it....

 

[GatorBoy]

My sister is a vet.. but I think I'm just going to leave it in a bath and get back to it after a while.
Hopefully I'll have several things to work on when I set up for electrolysis.

 

[FriscoT06]

E.O.'s are always a fun mystery- congrats and keep up the good hunting!

 

[GatorBoy]

Thanks

 

[AUVnav]

Not sure why you are going to electrolysis first, there is far too much encrustation to go with that first. A soak in fresh water is warranted for an amount of time, or since it looks like quite a bit of calcium, a muriatic acid bath...then fresh water.

Before all that work, I would suggest the xray...

I use the mobile vets, and they have the most powerful xray machines, because they take them to the field. Xray film is about $15/sheet...

I have also talked my way into a clinic here and there, that have the real time tables...not as powerful though, but you can scan real time...

 

[GatorBoy]

Because I pull so many encrusted objects up and by the conductivity reading I know it's iron...and likely another of many many iron spikes I've detected from low tide zones.
I will simply drill a small hole to make my connection to the metal and give it a good amount of juice.
That will drive out a substantial amount of salt from the metal and loosen the crust in the process.
I will periodically take it out and manually remove crust.
There is typically not much left of a piece like this.
Sometimes it's better off not cleaning at all.
If I thought it was going to be something of importance I would handle it differently.
I can X-ray anything anytime for free.

 

[old man]

Looks "spikey"
About knocked my headphones off.

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GatorBoy, that EO sort of looks like one half of the horse shoe that Aquanut twisted in half on the beach when we were kids about 100 years ago and threw in the water. LOL Keep us informed and good luck.

 

[GatorBoy]

It looks alot like a half a horseshoe.... ha..remind me to never make Auquanut angry.

 

[aquanut]

A hundred years a go?

 

[old man]

A hundred years a go?

Come now John, you know we're both a couple of Old Goats. I remember when I took two of my kids to Gettysburg when they were around 5 and 8 yrs old. They ask me if I fought in the Revolutionary War. ( True Story ) I had to explain to them that Gettysburg was not the Revolutionary War, it was the Civil War. My Wife doubled over with laughter. It's not a sin to be old and proud of it.LOL

 

[GatorBoy]

I'd consider that to be a blessing.