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  1. spesupersydera

    spesupersydera Well-Known Member

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    My mate has just dug this 'lump' up from his garden - it's about 2'6" long and fairly weighty, looks a little like a pick-axe head but has nowhere for a shaft, he lives in a rural area so mebbe some obscure farm implement, any ideas gents?


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  2. Chazz Rheinhold

    Chazz Rheinhold Well-Known Member

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    Is it sheared off at the other end spes?
     
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  3. Chazz Rheinhold

    Chazz Rheinhold Well-Known Member

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    More off a piece of farm machinery I reckon
     
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    balkan tiger Well-Known Member

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    Magically standing up on it's own?



    forget that I see there must be a hole on the work bench it's stuck in as you said pick axe like.

    It could be a big **** off jemmy
     
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  5. tigerscanada

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    Possibly part of an old style tractor propshaft?

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  6. spesupersydera

    spesupersydera Well-Known Member

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    no mate - nothing snapped off it
     
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    One of my cycle routes, theres a farm on the left just after the Seaton Ross turn off (Holme on SM to Bubwith) I call it the farm machine graveyard, theres stuff going back must be 50 years just rusting in the middle of fields..
     
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    Looks like a work bench to me .. got one very similar !!!!!
     
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    Roman chariot?
     
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  10. tigerpete

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    Does he live near a train line? looks like an old tool from something like that..... or maybe tats just my bad imagination......
     
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    Your mate should get rid as soon as possible. It's a Sorcerers stick that.

    I'm sorry, I can't say any more on the subject...
     
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    tack lifter. really big one.
     
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    It looks like a really big wrecking bar or maybe a digging bar.

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    It is a point or flat ended at the end stuck in the bench?
     
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    Reckon that could be a good bet. Something for track lifting.
     
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  15. spesupersydera

    spesupersydera Well-Known Member

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    Goes to a point mate, I like the idea of a wrecking bar - I wouldn't want to spend a shift wielding it though :emoticon-0101-sadsm
     
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    It's a prybar, but it looks like it's been made for a specific task.
     
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    As in nosey bugger bar Lammy?
     
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    its a rail crowbar
    in a past life i was killed by a fellow worker mis-using one
    to be honest im not bitter, they were heavy and nigh on murder to use
     
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    It is.
     
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    Who made the bench and where does the gate lead to?
     
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