fortbball9
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I found this ax head at an old torn down church site (early 1800).Any clue on how old this is and the proper name of the ax type. Dimension 9 x 6 1/2
Thanks in advance
Thanks in advance
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fortbball9 said:Also this ax locks in on 8 1/2 on the garrett 550 the same as a dime and quarter,at 8 inches deep.Would anybody know what kind of metal that would be.I thought just iron the way that it is rusted,but I don't know now.
fortbball9
Yes there is not much difference between a coopers and broadaxe, same purpose. The photos that I uploaded appear to be made earlier than the one that fortbball9 found....mojjaXMAS said:It kinda looks like a strange variation of a coopers hatchet . I've never seen anything like it . Nice find !
Thanks I haven't been doing this all that long so any help to me is greatly appreciated.I try not to dig to many iron signals,even when I am MD a battlefield.I will go back one of these days and start digging them.The places that I dig a lot of other people does also,so I try to get the good ones first.BioProfessor said:That's what I was trying to say. Dig. Swing. Dig. Swing. Numbers change/drop. But I was also trying to say that if you swing over the target in one direction and then rotate your swing 90 degrees (as I always do with an "iffy" target) it will be different. Sometimes, it will change when you swing along the same axis. That is definitely iron. But some iron that is rusted is tricky. I usually stop digging after 6-8 inches when the numbers either start to go crazy, my Signagraph shows a BUNCH of bars, or it goes negative.
Daryl
That is one of the reasons why I have NOT used detectors with meters for about 13 years now, my ear is better, and I waste too much valuable time looking at the d a m n meter. And since I AM married, I don't have all that free time, if you know what I mean.fortbball9 said:Thanks I haven't been doing this all that long so any help to me is greatly appreciated.I try not to dig to many iron signals,even when I am MD a battlefield.I will go back one of these days and start digging them.The places that I dig a lot of other people does also,so I try to get the good ones first.BioProfessor said:That's what I was trying to say. Dig. Swing. Dig. Swing. Numbers change/drop. But I was also trying to say that if you swing over the target in one direction and then rotate your swing 90 degrees (as I always do with an "iffy" target) it will be different. Sometimes, it will change when you swing along the same axis. That is definitely iron. But some iron that is rusted is tricky. I usually stop digging after 6-8 inches when the numbers either start to go crazy, my Signagraph shows a BUNCH of bars, or it goes negative.
Daryl
Thanks again for all of the info
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