My 10 year old sons first finds!

[bbheigle0605]

He is tickled pink! We were at a extinct river town that was wiped out during the 1920's flood of the MS River. We've been medal detecting for HOURS! We found tons more but he's begging me to ask what y'all's opinions are on these. Ha! Thanks again

 

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[tennessee digger]

One of those items looks like an OLD barrel tap. Pretty good find. Tennessee digger

 

[Breezie]

Yeppers, it's a barrel tap. Really neat find The other item is some type of tool, and I'm sure the 'Tool Time' crew will be posting soon with an ID. Part of it had a ruler on one end because it looks like a 5 and 6, plus measuring lines on the non-business end. Breezie

 

[bbheigle0605]

One of those items looks like an OLD barrel tap. Pretty good find. Tennessee digger

Thank you! That's what I told him I thought it was. He has it on his shelf in his room already

 

[bbheigle0605]

I just put up measurements and also added the axe he found. You would have thought the world was coming to an end bc i forgot to put up his axe haha! Thanks

 

[bbheigle0605]

Yeppers, it's a barrel tap. Really neat find The other item is some type of tool, and I'm sure the 'Tool Time' crew will be posting soon with an ID. Part of it had a ruler on one end because it looks like a 5 and 6, plus measuring lines on the non-business end. Breezie

How neat! Thank you!

 

[GrizLeeBear]

I know you are proud. It is such joy to enjoy the good times with family. Joy to you both.

 

[bbheigle0605]

I know you are proud. It is such joy to enjoy the good times with family. Joy to you both.

Thank you Had a blast! It was 4 kids (14, 11, 10 and 4) and myself. Was in the field for 6 hours! We actually lost track of time when we found a horse plow. To bad it's going to rain tomorrow

 

[old digger]

Wowzers! First finds Uh! Get that boy an ice cream cone!

 

[bbheigle0605]

Wowzers! First finds Uh! Get that boy an ice cream cone!

Haha!!!! Yeah, he's been telling me how "awesome" he is ever since we've been home. Guess I'll fix him some brownies since I'm out of ice cream. Haha!!

 

[Breezie]

Awesome axe!!! Breezie

 

[wvwildman]

nice finds congrats HH

 

[jenigirl4]

That is so awesome! Congrats to him!!!!

 

[old digger]

Haha!!!! Yeah, he's been telling me how "awesome" he is ever since we've been home. Guess I'll fix him some brownies since I'm out of ice cream. Haha!!

Don't forget the Cool Whip!

 

[longcut]

Roger and Marlaina want u to know ,,,,, soak that axe in apple vinegar and remove all that rust ... then coat it with parrafin.....

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Regarding the unidentified large brass object:
I notice that the ruler-like markings on the thick brass bar are in "tenths," which is not typical for measuring inches, but is typical for various Metric measurements. The size (and thickness) of your unknown brass object seems wrong for measuring a distance (like millimeters or centimeters). So, it seems more like a Kilogram-weighing Beam Scale, as shown in the photo below.

The way to know for sure is to check your object's markings against an inches-ruler and a millimeters/centimeters ruler. That will tell you whether it is part of a Beam Scale (weighing-scale) or a distance-measuring "ruler."

 

[bbheigle0605]

Don't forget the Cool Whip!

Haha!!!! Of course! Can't forget the cool whip

 

[bbheigle0605]

Roger and Marlaina want u to know ,,,,, soak that axe in apple vinegar and remove all that rust ... then coat it with parrafin.....

Thank y'all very much!!!! I will do!

 

[bbheigle0605]

Regarding the unidentified large brass object:
I notice that the ruler-like markings on the thick brass bar are in "tenths," which is not typical for measuring inches, but is typical for various Metric measurements. The size (and thickness) of your unknown brass object seems wrong for measuring a distance (like millimeters or centimeters). So, it seems more like a Kilogram-weighing Beam Scale, as shown in the photo below.

The way to know for sure is to check your object's markings against an inches-ruler and a millimeters/centimeters ruler. That will tell you whether it is part of a Beam Scale (weighing-scale) or a distance-measuring "ruler."

Thank you for all the valuable information!! It looks exactly like it! I'm measuring to be sure. How exciting!

 

[Paleopilot]

Cool finds! The hatchet looks to be a shingling hatchet with a nail puller.