Bavaria Mike
Gold Member
- Feb 7, 2005
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- Detector(s) used
- Minelab XT70, Fisher 1280, Garrett Ace 250 and MH5
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
It’s pretty, but I would rather be detecting. About 6” of snow here and frozen. Decided to start conserving a few iron relic finds found around the castle area as I am going to put up a display at our museum or possibly in the display case along a walkway that goes through a tunnel in the town wall.
Dried out the relics near my wood oven then cleaned them with a wire wheel and drill. While cleaning the cannon ball I found a small hole visible in the picture, that made me a little nervous but I had already heated it to around 300F/150C. After cleaning the iron, I reheated the relics and placed them in a wax bath.
This large skeleton key turned out nice, it is 9.5”/240mm long. Not sure of the age but I would think before 1750. The American Quarter for size.
A cross bow bolt tip probably early 1600s. I didn’t clean it other than water and a soft brush. It also came out nice.
This cannon ball is from a battle fought in 1704, shot from the castle at a defensive position about 1000 meters from the castle. It is 3”/76mm and weighs 1779 grams after cleaning and conserving.
Another side of the cannon ball. It cleaned up nicely as well. HH if you can, LOL, Mike
Dried out the relics near my wood oven then cleaned them with a wire wheel and drill. While cleaning the cannon ball I found a small hole visible in the picture, that made me a little nervous but I had already heated it to around 300F/150C. After cleaning the iron, I reheated the relics and placed them in a wax bath.
This large skeleton key turned out nice, it is 9.5”/240mm long. Not sure of the age but I would think before 1750. The American Quarter for size.
A cross bow bolt tip probably early 1600s. I didn’t clean it other than water and a soft brush. It also came out nice.
This cannon ball is from a battle fought in 1704, shot from the castle at a defensive position about 1000 meters from the castle. It is 3”/76mm and weighs 1779 grams after cleaning and conserving.
Another side of the cannon ball. It cleaned up nicely as well. HH if you can, LOL, Mike
