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sneakygroundbuzzard wrote:
its a nickle
but i dont think it was hand forged :rolf: :rolf:
If Chase will post a clearer pic I think we can prove that the nickle is a modern replica and not the artifact he thinks it is. :rolf:
Chase thanks for the post my friend I wonder how long it will take to get the correct answer. :dunno:
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The clues for machine-made chains are generally that the links are of uniform size, shape and thickness, plus there is a slight bulge running like a ring around the welded join from where the two ends were pushed together as the weld was being made.
So you can be pretty sure that what you have is hand-made by forging, but blacksmiths were still regularly making chains in country areas through to at least the 1920’s.
It looks too heavy to be a horse hobble chain, so I would guess that (if found in a non-farming mountainous area and off the beaten track) it’s probably related to some industrial activity such as logging or mining. Even in areas without paths and tracks suitable for wagons, simple chain-pulled sleds were often used to haul big stuff down from mountains.
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painshill wrote:
The clues for machine-made chains are generally that the links are of uniform size, shape and thickness, plus there is a slight bulge running like a ring around the welded join from where the two ends were pushed together as the weld was being made.
So you can be pretty sure that what you have is hand-made by forging, but blacksmiths were still regularly making chains in country areas through to at least the 1920’s.
It looks too heavy to be a horse hobble chain, so I would guess that (if found in a non-farming mountainous area and off the beaten track) it’s probably related to some industrial activity such as logging or mining. Even in areas without paths and tracks suitable for wagons, simple chain-pulled sleds were often used to haul big stuff down from mountains.
Grizz traps -- god-awful devices and troubling reminders of the past. Gone are California's grizzlies, and gone are the absent-minded ...
Look to the ground for it holds the past!
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[QUOTE]chase wrote:
Originally posted by painshill post=160558The clues for machine-made chains are generally that the links are of uniform size, shape and thickness, plus there is a slight bulge running like a ring around the welded join from where the two ends were pushed together as the weld was being made.
So you can be pretty sure that what you have is hand-made by forging, but blacksmiths were still regularly making chains in country areas through to at least the 1920’s.
It looks too heavy to be a horse hobble chain, so I would guess that (if found in a non-farming mountainous area and off the beaten track) it’s probably related to some industrial activity such as logging or mining. Even in areas without paths and tracks suitable for wagons, simple chain-pulled sleds were often used to haul big stuff down from mountains.
Grizz traps -- god-awful devices and troubling reminders of the past. Gone are California's grizzlies, and gone are the absent-minded ...
That's a possibility too, but I believe I see significant wear and thinning on the inside of some of the links which suggest it has seen rather more heavy duty use.
I keep six honest serving-men (they taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who.
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Wow that is a very cool find Chase the wear on those links is very apparent even in the photos. The slight twist on that fist link looks as if it took quite a bit of force to do that. How about a chain that might have been attached to a big Bear trap?? Was there Griz in that area way back when?
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Hoss wrote:
Wow that is a very cool find Chase the wear on those links is very apparent even in the photos. The slight twist on that fist link looks as if it took quite a bit of force to do that. How about a chain that might have been attached to a big Bear trap?? Was there Griz in that area way back when?
Look to the ground for it holds the past!
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