My iron object...Evaporust before and after. Any ideas?

[Rocky77]

I found this around an old home site. I let it soak in Evapo-rust for about a month and finally got the vast majority of the rust off. Does anyone have any clue as to what it might be? Thanks for looking.


BEFORE




AFTER

 

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[Jimmi]

I think it was a bug coffin.. was that a bug stuck to it in the before pic? I don't have an answer , but I like it. I love the old iron. Somebody shod have an answer for you, it certainly looks like it was made for a specific purpose . Good luck

 

[joe_dirt]

Don't know, certainly interesting looking though. I'll be interested to know if/when you get an answer.

 

[vpnavy]

Nice find Rocky77! It sure looks like some kind of handle - a member will no doubt jump in with exactly what it is shortly. Looking forward to it being ID'd.

 

[Rocky77]

I think it was a bug coffin.. was that a bug stuck to it in the before pic? I don't have an answer , but I like it. I love the old iron. Somebody shod have an answer for you, it certainly looks like it was made for a specific purpose . Good luck

Could be a bug coffin, but one may never know. That was glass stuck to it. I have no idea how it got stuck in there. I did find some ol pottery shards near it, as well. I love the old iron stuff, too. I found it in what would have been the front yard of an old home. It wasn't too deep but I think it's kind of cool.

 

[Jimmi]

Is there possibly a hole at tbe wide end? They can hide very well under rust sometimes

 

[Jimmi]

Can you take a pic of the other side of it for us ?

 

[Rocky77]

Can you take a pic of the other side of it for us ?

There's no hole. It's the exact same as the side in the picture. I got all the rust off and did not see any hole. It looks like it might have attached to something.

 

[Rocky77]

Can you take a pic of the other side of it for us ?

Here's a pic of the other side.

 

[treasure search]

AT first glance I'm thinking iron fence decoration...but then I took a better look and think this a handle for the old wood cook stoves with round plates that had a notch to stick handle in to open when hot to add more wood to stove so granny could cook bisquits. I miss those days...sorta.

 

[Jimmi]

AT first glance I'm thinking iron fence decoration...but then I took a better look and think this a handle for the old wood cook stoves with round plates that had a notch to stick handle in to open when hot to add more wood to stove so granny could cook bisquits. I miss those days...sorta.

I was thinking that too... Most have a lil curve to em. These are what I found



But that's not quite it, it appears to be a handle of some sort though . Don't go by what I say, I'm no expert

 

[Rocky77]

AT first glance I'm thinking iron fence decoration...but then I took a better look and think this a handle for the old wood cook stoves with round plates that had a notch to stick handle in to open when hot to add more wood to stove so granny could cook bisquits. I miss those days...sorta.

That's about the greatest guess I could think of. I was looking at some old stove pictures, but the house was built in the early 1920's so who knows. I got chased off by an angry raccoon last time I was there so I need to get back and explore some more.

 

[Rocky77]

I was thinking that too... Most have a lil curve to em. These are what I found

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But that's not quite it, it appears to be a handle of some sort though . Don't go by what I say, I'm no expert

Kind of close, definitely. I wish I was an expert. Seems like rusty old iron is always so hard to identify. Part of the fun, I guess.

 

[Rocky77]

Thanks for all the help everyone. It's probably an insignificant artifact, but I'd still love to know what this thing is.

 

[Jimmi]

No real answer to this yet, hmmmm. Maybe this will bump it up. Sometimes the answer is so obvious , but we don't see it . I feel like that should be the case with this .

 

[mical66]

could it be a mold ?
for what i do not know , but as deep as the depression is and even with all the age and rust it still looks like it was a crisp depression and not sloped edges .

 

[Rocky77]

No real answer to this yet, hmmmm. Maybe this will bump it up. Sometimes the answer is so obvious , but we don't see it . I feel like that should be the case with this .

I wish it was obvious. This thing probably isn't much of anything, but I sure would like to know. I'm off to the beach for four days to do some metal detecting. No computer....maybe I'll get some more insight by the time i get back. Thanks for your interest in this. I'd love to know what it is.

 

[Rocky77]

could it be a mold ?
for what i do not know , but as deep as the depression is and even with all the age and rust it still looks like it was a crisp depression and not sloped edges .

It is kind of shallow, but maybe some kind of mold. The edges are sharpky angled with the shallow depression in the middle. The mystery deepens!