Part broken off an old wood stove?

[James57]

I was detecting around an old pioneer site last weekend and I found a few old iron relics. I found a lot of square nails, a spike, a 1/2" square piece of copper, a blob of lead, and a 4-1/2" chunk of iron with the swirl design. I'm not sure what the chunk of iron is from, Im guessing that it is a part that broke off an old wood stove. The iron is just over 1/8" thick and I can see that it is snapped off something. Any ideas about the chunk of iron or the copper square? The copper is about 0.020" thick.

I didn't find anything too exciting but I'm going back there in the coming weeks to see what else there is to be found.

 

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[junkdigger]

James,that is part of an old wood stove or range all right. I find parts and pieces all the time.They must have had great fun busting them up with a hammer! Some years ago I restored about 20-25 surviving wood heating stoves and ranges.Sold them for $500-$1500 each.But it wouldn't be practical to weld those busted up stoves back together. Todays trash is tomorrows antiques!

 

[Roadquest]

Thats some cool relics, I like the spike, any idea what it was used on?

Clayton

 

[James57]

That spike looks like a mini railroad spike. It could have been part of a small rail system for loading/unloading etc. Riverboats were common in this area in the 1800s and I think that it might have been part of something for loading and offloading cargo. That would be my guess about the spike. That area is certainly worth another look!