You can call me Iron Man

[mangum]

Hello everybody! I got out for a few hours today, the heat & humidity prevented me from staying longer. When it stops being fun I leave! Anyways, I went back to the 1883 house that I've had a lot of success at in the past. This place has been hunted numerous times by me & friends I've brought along. Needless to say, the easy stuff is long gone. All I found today was iron (minus the brass on the lock, shotgun shells & trash)! The M W & Co lock is really cool, love finding the old locks(too bad it wasn't whole). The axe head is neat, I've never found one bent & busted like this. I wonder what it hit to make this happen? I also (as usual) found some pieces that I cannot immediately ID. I'd appreciate help from you experts out there, its always appreciated. I thought these items were interesting enough to hold onto. I also found the very common iron ring. It's interesting that I am currently in the process of preserving my iron relics & that's all I found today, more work ahead I guess! I learned a great tip from Buckleboy on preserving iron relics with apple cider vinegar and will post my results when complete (I'm hoping the 18thc lock I found last weekend will turn out good) As always thanks for looking & HH!

 

[granthansen]

I will call you Iron Enigma. Not sure what you've got there, but you worked hard for them for sure.

 

[WilliamH]

Very nice finds! I love the door lock with cover. That is a cool find. The pic #5 is part of a cog. Two parts are broken off. Can't remember what it goes to tho. Killed that brain cell long ago. Sorry. WH. HH

 

[flyadive]

Well the fifth pic looks like one of these hand wheels like I found

 

[mangum]

Very nice finds! I love the door lock with cover. That is a cool find. The pic #5 is part of a cog. Two parts are broken off. Can't remember what it goes to tho. Killed that brain cell long ago. Sorry. WH. HH

Thanks for the help, I see it now that you say that, it would have originally been round. The lock is actually the front of a padlock. Here's a pic of a whole one I found online.

 

[mangum]

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Well the fifth pic looks like one of these hand wheels like I found

Similar, but the one I found has "cogs?" on the outside as William H suggests. Also the item I found has 3 "spokes".

 

[Rawhide]

I would have to call you Big Iron, thats some cool stuff.

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds mangum.

 

[tngirl]

Interesting finds. "Lock Magnet" might be another name for you this week lol. I'm looking forward to seeing how that huge padlock turns out after the vinegar.