Coins and an old hammer

[Yard Digger]

Hello Treasure Hunters, It’s been a long time since I’ve seen ya. Been busy, hot, tired and a wee bit lazy too. Oh yeah, I got excuses too, but I’m sure you don’t want to hear them.

Anyway, I managed to get to a local park yesterday with my metal detector. They had a carnival there 4[SUP]th[/SUP]. of July week and I wanted to get over there after they left but couldn’t make it. So all my findings were below ground. I only got in a couple of hours before I had to leave so didn’t come up with much. 16 pennies, 1 nickel and 3 dimes.

One penny was a 1946 wheat and the nickel was a 1942.

Day before yesterday I was digging a grave with my younger brother and when I got down to about 3 feet he stopped me. So I swung the bucket over to the side and he jumped down in the hole and picked up this hammer.

Right away I start thinking a farrier’s hammer, but I’m not sure about that. I’ve search the internet and found farrier hammers similar to this one. I couldn’t find any maker’s mark on it because of the rust. The length is about 8 1/2 inches long. Thanks for looking,
Yard Digger

 

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[ticm]

Neat hammer. Will you try to clean it with electrolysis?

 

[Yard Digger]

I don't know, I haven't decided yet. Maybe I'll take a poll.

Thanks for looking.

 

[pa plateau hiker]

It's a wrench, not a hammer.

 

[Yard Digger]

What kind of wrench and what was it used for?

Thanks for looking,

 

[pug]

Looks like the old stile pipe wrench

 

[fishdaddy]

i wonder how it got that deep in a grave yard

 

[cti4sw]

Digging a grave? :|

 

[Yard Digger]

Looks like the old stile pipe wrench

It still looks like a hammer to me.

 

[Yard Digger]

i wonder how it got that deep in a grave yard

I don't know but there use to be a church at that part of the cemetery. Some of the dates go back
mid to late 1800's.

Digging a grave? :|

Thanks for looking

 

[pa plateau hiker]

You certainly could use it as a hammer, but it is still a wrench.

 

[Yard Digger]

Well I would have bet a lot and certainly would have lost the bet. I sure thought it was a hammer.
Thanks for posting the pics and straightening me out on that, digging. And yeah, it looked like it had been used for a hammer.

Looks like the old stile pipe wrench

Yep, you're right pug.

Thanks for looking and yall's help.