Cauldron price

Seems like a fair price--not a great price, but a fair price. Negotiate for lower if you can. How do you plan to restore it? Have you ever done one before? What does he plan to do with it? Just a FWIW, "rings true" is not a reliable indicator of no cracks.
 
He is going to cook for his family with it a few times a year. He has a very large family and may get together several times a year. I'm thinking of trying to get them down to $90 on it. I've never restored one before but I'm a big believer that with enough Crisco I can learn to season anything. LOL. I looked it over very well with a flashlight and I couldn't see anything that resembled a crack. Is there a better method for searching for cracks then the ring?
 
I think your flashlight was the best method. From what I can tell it doesn't look too gunked up so (hopefully!) a crack would show up with your flashlight. There are some youtube vids of folks seasoning big old kettles/cauldrons/pots over an outdoor burner of the type one would use for frying turkeys.
 
I honestly don't know. In some cases it does and in some cases it doesn't. Sometimes they're a size number (kind of like skillets and DOs).
 
10 Gallons would be huge, even for a stock pot. I would think it was meant to fit a #10 stove eye. I'd be curious to know if a #10 lid would fit it. I have a couple of cauldrons with 8's on the bottom (one bottom gated, one Piqua) that fit #8 lids perfectly.
 
I actually got it for 90 bucks. I think i did pretty good. My friend that i bought it for decided he wants to try to season it himself since its gonna be a new family heirloom. No cracks anywhere and no pitting could be found. Its funny that such an old piece is in better condition than most newer stuff.
 
that is what we in the south call a wash pot. it was used to wash cloths with a fire under it and doubled as a cook pot when hogs were butchered.....
 
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