something :)

[fatkook626]

found this in my neighbors house and thought it was pretty cool.if anyone knows what era it is that would be awesome!

 

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[wvwildman]

its an iron

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Before electric Irons, so like 1882-1940 !!
Cool find, its nice to find them with the handles still on !!
Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[wvwildman]

1800's

 

[BosnMate]

I think most of those are found without a handle. Good find.

 

[fatkook626]

its an iron

duh!

 

[gunsil]

You date guys crack me up!! When do you think all of rural America got electricity?? These irons were used right up into the 1940s. My great aunt still had hers when I was a child and their house didn't get electricity until just before WW2. There is an abundance of them in antique shops. The Amish and Mennonite sects who shun electricity still use them. I don't think finding them with the handles on is so rare, I have found more than ten years ago digging old dumps and all were intact. If you like digging iron relics i guess it is a cool find, but I seriously doubt it is from the 1800s.

 

[JRMan]

Cool piece of history..

 

[doc-d]

Very cool......and yes as mentioned above, the rural areas did not receive electricity till the 1940's or beyond.......still there are old houses here that never had electric run to them.....and yes the Amish and some others are off grid still......

 

[fatkook626]

yea this was found at a house that had civil war activity so i figured it would be around that era but it has never been vacant so i didnt know for sure

 

[fatkook626]

You date guys crack me up!! When do you think all of rural America got electricity?? These irons were used right up into the 1940s. My great aunt still had hers when I was a child and their house didn't get electricity until just before WW2. There is an abundance of them in antique shops. The Amish and Mennonite sects who shun electricity still use them. I don't think finding them with the handles on is so rare, I have found more than ten years ago digging old dumps and all were intact. If you like digging iron relics i guess it is a cool find, but I seriously doubt it is from the 1800s.

obviosly not made in 1940s these are the type they used in the 1900s

 

[gunsil]

obviosly not made in 1940s these are the type they used in the 1900sView attachment 804649

Not true at all!! that is just a different style. My aunt's that she still used into the 1940s was a plain iron like the one you dug. Like I said, the Amish still use them and they are also just like the one you found. Most people want the relics they found to be really old, but in many cases such as round lead musket balls and irons like yours there is absolutely NO way of accurately dating them. Any attempt to do so is pure conjecture. A true definition would be only that it was LIKELY made before 1940, although they are still sold and used today by such groups as the Amish.

 

[fatkook626]

Not true at all!! that is just a different style. My aunt's that she still used into the 1940s was a plain iron like the one you dug. Like I said, the Amish still use them and they are also just like the one you found. Most people want the relics they found to be really old, but in many cases such as round lead musket balls and irons like yours there is absolutely NO way of accurately dating them. Any attempt to do so is pure conjecture. A true definition would be only that it was LIKELY made before 1940, although they are still sold and used today by such groups as the Amish.

im not talking aboutwhen they were used im talking about when they were made

 

[BuckleBoy]

I have dug these from Civil War era sites on up to when electricity started being common in homes. No telling on the age.

Every single one I have dug has been missing the handle.


Nice find! They make excellent doorstops once you clean and preserve them. Lately I have been using Apple Cider Vinegar to remove the rust, with good results. Afterwards, coat with EvapoRust, then heat in an oven, apply a thin coat of crisco and bake (season like you would a skillet), or just apply a wax after the evaporust.


Cheers,


Buck