Well, the mechanism I tripped over in the woods the other day turned out to be the front axle / steering box assembly from an old row-crop tractor (Oliver, near as I can tell, and bloody heavy for the size). Rather damaged and unservicable after decades in the ground, but I split the gear casing and the gears are still nicely grease-covered and should clean up well. Interesting paperweights, maybe!
Anyone else dug up anything interesting recently? :-)
cheers
Jules