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Valued Member
United States
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ok I found an old railroad depot and decided to detect there and I found a tool that looks like a hammer mixed with a crowbar it says "drop forged patd-sept-28-1909" on one side and "minniapolis minn" on the other side heres a picture  Edited by MattD2014
06/09/2012 8:35 pm
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Drop Forge is still making tools. Look them up. Maybe you'll see the one you found.
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Valued Member
United States
408 Posts |
Sounds like something I watched railroad crews use
many years ago. They changed the railroad spikes with them. Before automation, they would pull out the spike with the "crowbar" end and pound them in with the hammer end. The days of coal powered steam engines. Probably 1940's. They had wooden handles, like a sledge hammer.
Good memories :).
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I can remember using one of these as a young feller. They were called a "Spiking hammer". They looked like a pick axe but one end had a fork on it to remove the spikes and the other end had a flattened pick axe end on it. They were a real bugger to get used too because I used to miss the dog spike a lot, But when you got the hang of it you sure put some power directly over the spike and she went in like a little beauty  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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That isn't a spiking hammer. Looks like a pretty useful tool tho  |
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Valued Member
 United States
60 Posts |
do you know how much it would sell for?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
863 Posts |
pretty cool find. might have some value
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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To be honest, unless someone collects railway stuff, its probably worth more as a tool - if its made in 1909, its designed not to break..
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Valued Member
Canada
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You might get $20 to $50 to the right person. You are going to have to research further to find out specifics on the hammer, like it's intended use in order to find the right person. Even to effectively sell it on ebay, you are going to have to know what to call it, so folks can search it. Without specifics, it's worth $5. EDIT: In my opinion it is a packing/box crate hammer. A 3-way tool, it looks to have a "cat's paw" on the handle, as well as a claw to twist the planks off and a hammer head. Still a useful tool today. Let us know what you get for it. Edited by Sixthcents
07/25/2012 10:08 pm
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Posted 06/09/2012 7:40 pm
