My first hunt for the new year had a heavy metal theme .

[DiggingFl]

Some real ear ringers. Lumbercamp will be proud of me. Thanks for looking . Hope everyone having a great start to the new year.

 

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[TreasureTales]

I hope you've had a recent tetanus booster shot!! That is some wicked iron.

 

[Fatboy]

Nice Digs !!

yeah yeah Heavy Metal !!

 

[Moonshadow]

You guys are nuts!! :P

HH,
Moon

 

[PHANTOM35]

8) VERY COOL , CAN YOU CLEAN THEM UP ?

 

[DiggingFl]

8) VERY COOL , CAN YOU CLEAN THEM UP ?

I think I'm going to put them in the electrolysis rig next week. I did a big iron pad lock I found a few weeks back and it came out looking pretty good. I can even see the key hole now.

 

[TreasureTales]

Hey DiggingFl, when you finish with the electrolysis, please post pix of these items cleaned up. It would be a hoot to see the before and after pix side-by-side.

 

[cheese]

Hey Digging Fl,

I see you're in north Florida. I can tell you're in my neck of the woods by your finds too. You know what the metal piece that looks like it has a bit of a hook on the end is? It's the knife used to cut fresh hatches in pine trees for turpentine collecting. I've got one hanging on my shop with the rest of my antique farm stuff. The curved thin part cuts the bark and into the tree a bit. The little hook on the end went into a wood handle, and the shaft would be against the end of the handle, and wrapped along the length of it usually with wire. It made what they call "catfaces" on the tree where the turpentine ran out, then they nailed strips of tin or copper in a "V" shape under the wound, and hung a bucket under that to collect the turpentine.

But you might have already known that....

 

[TreasureTales]

Hey Digging Fl,

I see you're in north Florida. I can tell you're in my neck of the woods by your finds too. You know what the metal piece that looks like it has a bit of a hook on the end is? It's the knife used to cut fresh hatches in pine trees for turpentine collecting. I've got one hanging on my shop with the rest of my antique farm stuff. The curved thin part cuts the bark and into the tree a bit. The little hook on the end went into a wood handle, and the shaft would be against the end of the handle, and wrapped along the length of it usually with wire. It made what they call "catfaces" on the tree where the turpentine ran out, then they nailed strips of tin or copper in a "V" shape under the wound, and hung a bucket under that to collect the turpentine.

But you might have already known that....

Maybe DiggingFl knew this, but I didn't. So I thank you for the info. I thought the thing might have been a water dipper.

 

[lumbercamp]

Those are great finds, the kind of stuff that I enjoy digging for. It's good to see other iron finds on here. Keep posting those items.