Hairy_eyeball

you guys are making me feel better by the minute, and Im seeing dollar signs. haha yes I made a mistake about the weight stamp, I was lazy and didnt give the roman numerals. but I didnt know that was eleven or two? I havnt done the scale test yet to see actual weight after damage. The rebound test was good, although I didnt have half inch bearings, I did have 1 Inch and 3/4 inch. went with the smaller and from a 10 inch drop the average rebound was 8 3/4" on the ruler. the "crack" area was the lowest at about 8 inches. The ring didnt change, and the hammer felt good through out the test. not shown were the straight edge pictures, the face is all marred up and bowl shaped in 2 places. its had a hard life. I have no plans to mill it down. I only lightly used a wire wheel to take out the surface rust. Should I really let the wire wheel dig in to get the rest of the rust out before I preserve it? I would like to use it a bit just to say I have before I get it to a new home or keep it on display.

Hello everyone, I joined this forum with the specific goal of getting some help in identifying this anvil I was able to pick up this past week. It has lived on the children's camp I work at for a long time and ive had my eyes on it for years. It has lived its life as a beating block and a farriers tool for horseshoes. No idea where it came from before it arrived on this property in upstate NY. Ive done some research and at first I was excited to see that it said P Wright, but after reading more I realized its probably not what it says, I think someone tried to falsify the stamp in order to sell it for more money, but I cant be sure. Its been sitting at the tack shed for 15 plus years as far as I know. you will see that it has heavy damage on the back end, where the heel is completely missing, its got lots of scars and marks from kids beating on it and almost looks like someone was shooting it with a BB gun. the strangest thing I can see is the crack/bad weld job looking thing on the base under the stamp (picture 3) and possibly someone was welding and dripped a little (picture 9). there is also a hairline crack on the face (picture 8). The bottom is in good shape, marked 1-0-2. (obviously it has lost some weight) The guy in charge of our horsemanship program wanted to get rid of it and I snatched it up, the only thing ive done to it was take the surface rust off, since it has been exposed to a lot of rain and snow. Any and all info or tips would be appreciated, id like to know more about it and take care of it. I will also entertain thoughts of passing it along since I already own a Vulcan.