Jigga wait a minute...?

[Icewing]

So I found this her carpenters hatchhh..... Wait the back is riveted on and there's no place for a handle. That's a new one on me.




Then later at another spot I found this tiny horse(?)shoe.

 

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[Loco-Digger]

Id the hatchet hole rusted shut?

 

[Icewing]

Here it is next to an actual carpenters hatchet I dug a while back. This one has never had a handle hole.

 

[Kurios1]

Hmmm? How would you swing that hattt? Love the tiny horse shoe. Cute as all get out!

 

[sawmill man]

My guess would be a special purpose chisel made from a broke hatchet.

 

[Old Pueblo]

Little shoe looks like a mule shoe. Probably old

 

[old digger]

Definitely a mule shoe. As for the axe, either the one side to the slot my have rusted away, or it was never finished.

 

[Icewing]

I'll post some more pics after I take it out of the electrolysis bath.

 

[PetesPockets55]

Is the narrow end hollow?
How about an ice scraper/garden edger with a long handle in line with the blade?
Looks like the knob on the narrow end was clamped or mechanically fastened onto the blade as opposed to forged.

 

[Icewing]

Ok I let it soak in my electrified tub over night and now I think the handle was riveted on.
It was at the same location where I found the 1906 Burnt Big Beautiful Barber Half Dollar.

 

[cudamark]

Looks a little like a jack hammer bit.

 

[olroy70]

or, donkey