Cheeserock
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- Jul 23, 2009
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- Garrett GTA 1000 Garrett AT-Pro Whites Classic SL-2
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
This thing has had me baffled for over a year now.
I found it in river mud near a dam in Michigan that was built of logs and rocks in the 1860's. I posted it here a year ago before cleaning with no luck on the ID.
A pic before electrolysis with mud, rust, and what I think is decayed leather stuck all over it.
After Zapping it for about 12 hours this is what it looks like. The right end of it looks like a handle to me, it may have been wrapped with wood or leather at one time. The two rib-like things to the left lead me to believe that that end was in a sheath or scabbard.
A closeup of what I'll call the sheathed end shows a thin layer of exposed copper that was covered with something.
Closeup of the ribs. If this is part of a scabbard these would be called risers and are there to keep the open end of the scabbard open and can be used to suspend the scabbard from a belt with a lanyard or loop.
Any ideas what this could be? I know it's not a sword, sabre, or knife. It must be a tool of some kind.
I found it in river mud near a dam in Michigan that was built of logs and rocks in the 1860's. I posted it here a year ago before cleaning with no luck on the ID.
A pic before electrolysis with mud, rust, and what I think is decayed leather stuck all over it.
After Zapping it for about 12 hours this is what it looks like. The right end of it looks like a handle to me, it may have been wrapped with wood or leather at one time. The two rib-like things to the left lead me to believe that that end was in a sheath or scabbard.
A closeup of what I'll call the sheathed end shows a thin layer of exposed copper that was covered with something.
Closeup of the ribs. If this is part of a scabbard these would be called risers and are there to keep the open end of the scabbard open and can be used to suspend the scabbard from a belt with a lanyard or loop.
Any ideas what this could be? I know it's not a sword, sabre, or knife. It must be a tool of some kind.
