Help ID- Antique 7' Metal Hoe?

[chuckchili]

I found this at a garage sale and thought it was cool so I bought it.
Could someone help me to figure what is is/was?
Owner said it was an antique coal tool but I'm not too sure how reliable that is.
It's about 7' all metal (iron) with no markings I could find.

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[Papaw]

Welcome to Tool Talk!
I guess that could be a coal tool. I have no experience with coal.

[mikeswrenches]

Kind of looks like the ones used to pull the ashes out of coal furnace's. Or, given its length, maybe an industrial coal fired boiler.

Mike

[turnnut]

it looks like it may be an ash pan scraper for a big wood or coal boiler.

while I was typing my take  on it, Papaw & Mikeswrenches were quicker.

[chuckchili]

Thank you for the responses. It's size is what's throwing me off.

[gibsontool]

I agree with mike and turnnut, ash scraper for a big boiler or a coal and wood furnace.
 When I was a young kid we lived in a huge old farm house that had a coal and wood furnace and the ash rake looked very close to what you have but the handle as I remember it was only about 4 or 4 1/2 feet long.

[wvtools]

It could be a tool for pulling the coke out of a coke oven, and that is why they said it was a coal tool.  The handle looks similar to some other coke tools (shovels) that I found on a google search.

[chuckchili]

I can't seem to find any info on it whatsoever. I tried a Google search from "coke tool" and all I get is Coca Cola stuff and tools for cocaine lol.

[bill300d]

Have seen them used in coal fired commercial boilers to clean out ash and clinkers.

[chuckchili]

is there any value to it?

[bill300d]

I'll venture a guess that there isn't much value there although there is one a little smaller than yours on the bay for 99.99. But I would think that the real value of it is a quarter of that or less.

[chuckchili]

Thanks for all the help everyone!

[turnnut]

hang it up in your garage or work shop, and see how many peoples ask you what you use that tool for.

[bill300d]

I like that idea.

[Bill Houghton]

hang it up in your garage or work shop, and see how many peoples ask you what you use that tool for.

Then, when they look blank, tell them you're doing a home study course in proctology and have been having trouble finding time for your lab work, and would they mind helping out?  But do that only to people that you kinda wish would leave so you can get back to the project you're working on.