Got another batch done.
First a large kitchen knife with broken tip and heavy pitting on one side, rounded the tip and sharpened now although I don't have any purpose in mind. It was heavily crusted over on one side originally but evaporust made quick work of it. Mainly just something to clean up really.
Small Pexto linemens pliers, has a step on the cutter side which isn't normal but otherwise it was mainly just another usual cleanup.
What seems like some type of plug, 3" tall 2" at base cast iron some porosity but fairly polished seems to be missing the base which would attach at the hole or two openings on sides maybe both. If anybody recognizes it I'm interested in knowing it's purpose, it's quite large so no idea.
A copper spittoon(3 gallon?), previously horn was crushed and it had a large dent in side but 4 hours with a rubber capped hammer and a spoon and it's fairly good condition. Had to work it back into a cone then work the lip back to form where it was crushed more like an aluminium can(warped flat) then work inside to knock the little dents out and then work the outside to near flush. Large dent in side near bottom needed the spoon to pop it out which actually took awhile due to it fighting more. It's obviously been hammered on and not perfect but I left as much patina as possible and made it functional again. Deformation on lip is more appreciable on camera than in person but I'm not fighting it anymore because it doesn't want to be more in shape than it currently is. Also while 3 gallons of fermenting chewing tobacco spit in the open air of your living room might sound appealing to some I opted to use it as a dry waste bin(granola bar wrapper visible in closeup).
Wood box from January 2nd of 1946 recovered from the Batavia gold mine prior to army taking possession of the mine to turn into a water reservoir. It says it's from Dupont Explosives, originally containing 50lbs of "Monobel E" which was supposed to be a low flash alternative to standard dynamite utilized for high risk operations where flammable gases may be present. Box is fair build however bottom does show signs of water staining and lid is primarily missing, one nail in floor was hammered at an improper angle resulting in it sticking out inside the box. Not sure what to do with it but I cleaned it up and oiled it to preserve the wood. Originally it had some salt crystals growing and a ton of sticks of modeling clay(completely filled to the brim)but I did not take possession of the clay, salt did clean up however left some minor bleaching, so it may have been near the sea for a long duration before making it's way to Ohio. Not sure why someone would need so much modeling clay, kinda like Play-Doh, but I guess the box was convenient since it's fairly large. I was going to go back to the barn the next day but apparently there was a gas leak or something and the whole place was just gone, they haven't found the cause yet but apparently the debris field covered 3 counties so it must've been a big gas leak. They had a big propane tank for heating and I guess the whole tank must've ended up venting into the barn or something before catching a spark off something.
.22 cal blanks, significantly more spicy than normal however less powder so less chances of injury from flash. My grandfather carried them back in the 80s, I believe, for self defense at work as a fire fighter but as far as I know he never used any himself. All 5 are active however I haven't tested them myself. I have been exposed to such classes of chemicals but I prefer to limit exposure as much as possible.
Anyway here are the things I overpaid for. 
