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This rather unassuming iron relic proved to be the key to unlocking a Virginia colonial plantation site with a variety of mid- to late-18th-century artifacts, including a large quantity of clay pipe bowls and stem fragments as well as the charred remnants of actual corn cobs from the 1700s

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There's a contrast staining process used by some artisan pipe-makers that involves a chemical reaction with tanins and some sort of metal solution to create a black stain that isn't alcohol-soluble