Old axe head

Rustyrelic

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Found this on a 1940s homesite. So I been chipping away at the massive rust layers , soaked it in rust remover for over night. I can’t find a stamp though do to a thin layer of rust I cannot seem to remove. I’m planning on an electrolysis machine eventually.
 

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Definitely set up the electrolysis. I did it several weeks ago and now I cant help but put every random piece of iron I find in there because its so fun to see whats under all that rust.
 
Put it in a tray of white vinegar. Just leave it. It will soon be perfectly clean. I've done 3, and it works. I'll see if I still have a photo around that shows results.
 
Nice and cleaned up nice. I remember back in the late 80's I was using the fisher gold bug looking for nuggets. Ran over a buried pix axe head, sounded like a buried volkswagen. I cleaned it up and it is one of my best finds. It was hand forged.
 
Cleaned in white vinegar
 

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Thanks everyone for the feedback. I guess I’m going to have to extend my work bench in my garage to have more work area for my finds. I don’t see myself stopping anytime soon
 
Great looking axe, in my past experience I bet there are Indian Head Pennies in that same area, bet it might be an old lumber mill ?
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It was around a 1940s foundation. I plan on going back but the briars are really bad there so it’s hard to get around and to certain spots
 
Not all axes have makers marks. I have found dozens of axe heads that had no mark on them.
 
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