found this on old trail

[bcboy]

hay there, i was searching a section along an old trail that was built in the 1870's and found this around 5 or 6 inches deep with my Garrett Scorpion. Have no clue what it is??? its 2 inches wide and 4 inches long and someone hand ingraved "B17" on the top. Does anyone know what this is? thanks

 

[Spanky]

No idea....my best guess is its a cobblers anvil

 

[bcboy]

n/t

 

[jackinaustin]

Small Anvil?

 

[John-Edmonton]

n/t

 

[awhitster]

It's hard to tell with that picture but the first one reminds me of anvils we used to make out of railroad track. I still have one and it works great.

 

[bcboy]

The old trail that I found this on is fairly close to the railway tracks and I know that this railway was built in 1912. If its a track anvil, how does it work and do you know how old it is? thanks

 

[awhitster]

I have one I made from an overhead crane rail track, same as regular railroad track. I have another that I got with some old tools, it is smaller and looks like narrow gauge track. I really don't know the dimensions of different tracks. See if you can get a clearer picture.

 

[bcboy]

hi there awhitster, id love to get a better picture of it but my camera is crap and thats the best it will get. Im a 15 minute drive away from a railway museum so ill see if anyone there might have any clue to what it is. As for a railway anvil, just by looking at it I can tell you it will not fit on the train tracks but mabey the older train tracks were smaller, not sure?

 

[Low-Boy/LCPM]

Maybe a better photo would help.