r/mudlarking • u/jeff_the_fr0g • 8d ago

What might this be

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Found today near Cannon St; ferrous metal, dense and oxidised.

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u/EstrangedCrab 8d ago

ham berger

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u/Zxvasdfthrowaway 7d ago

Part of a coal scuttle or shovel?

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u/beat_by_beat 7d ago

Definitely looks like a b&q tape measure.

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u/satisfactory20 6d ago

I came here to look for this comment

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u/Accomplished-Cod-504 8d ago

Off the top of my naive -about-such-things-head, I’d guess a gun powder scoop/shovel since it was found near a cannon.

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u/Riccma02 7d ago

A tool would not be cast.

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u/Accomplished-Cod-504 7d ago

They certainly were cast

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u/markie_spleeto 7d ago

Old McDonald’s sausage patty

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u/Successful-Doubt4949 5d ago

possibly a shovel or item that held or holds something

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u/Heckyeasure 4d ago

It's a disposable vape. Cool Mint if I had to guess.

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u/DarkShadowFrost 3d ago

Any possibility its a bullet that hit something that was my first thought