My largest iron buckle yet

[deepdiger60]

I have a lot of old back property where i live yesterday i wanted to try just all metal with my Sov GT and sure enough i got a really clear loud signal i switched into disc. mode and it nulled showed 1 on the meter i said it,s gotta be large iron because it was so loud so i dug it ,it was very deep 10" easy HOLY COW !!! it is a huge iron buckle the biggest one yet just about 4 inches by 3 inches the photo you see is after i chipped a thick coat of rust off it so it was proberly a little bigger before it rusted ,then i soaked it over night in 2 cyc engine oil , this will look good in my display case of buckles , i think it is a horse tack buckle maybe a field horse to plow with leather straps. HH Jim

 

[Critterhunter]

Cool find. You know another trick some relic hunters use to get rust and crud off iron objects? They'll stick it in a fire and get it red hot and then throw it in a bucket of cold water. It shocks the crud off it. Also works for copper and bronze coins. After that (not for the coins but for the iron stuff) a lot of people will paint it with Extend or some other rust killing paint for doing body work on cars.

 

[GunnarMN]

Jim , now that is my kind ah hunting you keep that up and you will get something even better, thats cool hnd forged a very nice display Item

 

[JimmyCT]

wow that is a LARGE buckle! Nice find - Jim

 

[Birdseed]

G,day all

Have been away from the forum since April, seems a lot longer. Have been away on a caravanning trip. Have a few finds to post later.

My favorite rust removal process is to soak in fermented molassis solution for a few weeks. Will come out black as ink, then after a scrub in hot water, will be as clean as new. So clean in fact, that as you watch it dry you will see a coating of oxide forming on the surface before your eyes. A quick dip into a phosphoric based rust converter will prevent any further rusting and you can leave it as is or paint with anything you desire.

No facy measurements required.
A gallon of molassis in a plastic trash bin topped up with about 10 gallons of water. Throw in an ounce or so of yeast. A couple of days later the whole lot will be fermenting.
Put objects completely under the solution or you will experience severe corrsion at the interface between the air and solution.

You can get heaps more info by Googling " molassis rust removal" Car & bike restorers use this system a lot, especially for fuel tanks that have gotten rusty inside.

Cheers for now

Plenty of posts to come

Peter downunder

 

[Critterhunter]

That sounds like a great way to get the job done. I never heard that one, and the great thing is after the job is done you can get drunk off molasses wine.

 

[xwyokid]

I've found a few of those but, never that complete. Way to go!.