COLONIAL TWO PRONGED FORK WITH THE WOODEN HANDLE STILL ATTACHED!!

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Barska Winbest Elite Edition, Bounty Hunter TK-IV, Garrett Ace 400, Garrett AT Gold, Minelab Equinox 600, Garrett Ace Apex, XP ORX, XP DEUS
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Metal Detecting
Look at this baby….
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It’s crazy to think that somebody ATE with that 200+ years ago.
 

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Nice! Could be a serving fork, used to hold meat while they slice it.
If that is iron you can reverses electrolysis it and recover the metal. May have a makers mark on it.
 

Nice! Could be a serving fork, used to hold meat while they slice it.
If that is iron you can reverses electrolysis it and recover the metal. May have a makers mark on it.
Thanks will try that
 

Cool find, I was just looking at one that dug the other day when I was going through the storage. (Yet to be cleaned up)
 

Very cool
I’ve found a number of the iron part or fragments Thereof, but never with wood. Here’s a picture of some. The top one has the handle, but it looks metal core and metal sheath. Maybe it’s visible in the picture
 

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funny how an old rusty artifact like your fork can cause us so much wonderment, must be in our blood, I am sure. I'm a sucker for old forged nails, they get me super excited every time:thumbsup:
You betcha it’s in our blood! We’re Treasure Hunters for Pete’s sake!!!
 

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