i have no idea,do any of you?

castletonking · Nov 10, 2011

hey folks,i found this curious item and the other pieces all together,in the ground about a quarter mile from an old revolutionary fort near me.it was rusted as all iron pieces are,but its very brittle and the iron is black and crumbly,i thought possibly a pipe of some sort,but no idea.and the other parts seemed to have something to do with it as well.anyone want to take a guess?

scoundrel · Nov 10, 2011

castletonking said:
hey folks,i found this curious item and the other pieces all together,in the ground about a quarter mile from an old revolutionary fort near me.it was rusted as all iron pieces are,but its very brittle and the iron is black and crumbly,i thought possibly a pipe of some sort,but no idea.and the other parts seemed to have something to do with it as well.anyone want to take a guess?

rusted as all iron...very brittle...black and crumbly.

I think you nailed it.

castletonking · Nov 10, 2011

scoundrel said:
rusted as all iron...very brittle...black and crumbly.

I think you nailed it.

i know its iron,but what is it?

diggerdan · Nov 10, 2011

where?

Where are the "other pieces"?

Musketman · Nov 10, 2011

I'll take a stab at it.

The end of a lathe tool.

If it's curved like it looks like in the shot.

castletonking · Nov 10, 2011

diggerdan said:
Where are the "other pieces"?

posted

allank · Nov 11, 2011

That piece with a bolt thru it looks like its off a car, isn't that a body clip on the bolt ?

stewart73 · Nov 11, 2011

Pretty tough to tell...could be almost anything. :?:

Esteban · Nov 11, 2011

allank said:
That piece with a bolt thru it looks like its off a car, isn't that a body clip on the bolt ?

I agree .

castletonking · Nov 11, 2011

Esteban said:
I agree .

bolts arent hollow,its hollow and the walls are very thin,no way that served as a bolt.it was in an iron concreation more than twice its current size

diggerdan · Nov 12, 2011

how many?

Is that a pic of 3 pieces of iron? If so, the middle piece looks to have threads at he bottom(top maybe)? but it's hollow?

hillbillydigger · Nov 12, 2011

Pretty sure middle one with bolt is a car part. One on right looks like piece from an old iron pipe.

LoL · Nov 13, 2011

castletonking said:
i know its iron,but what is it?

Rusted.

Nitelord · Nov 13, 2011

Piece on the far left, reminds me of a chunk of horseshoe I found this summer. GL

allank · Nov 13, 2011

Here is the clip, made to slip over thin metals when installing 1/4 panels from cars and other parts. light weight and cheaper than nuts. usually it is a self tapping screw/bolt that goes thru it

castletonking · Nov 13, 2011

allank said:
Here is the clip, made to slip over thin metals when installing 1/4 panels from cars and other parts. light weight and cheaper than nuts. usually it is a self tapping screw/bolt that goes thru it

thats a good guess,but absolutely not it,the hollow(bolt)piece goes through a solid piece of metal,there is no clip.i know the piece you are talking about and this isn't it

castletonking · Nov 13, 2011

allank said:
Here is the clip, made to slip over thin metals when installing 1/4 panels from cars and other parts. light weight and cheaper than nuts. usually it is a self tapping screw/bolt that goes thru it

i understand how you might think it's a clip,however the metal is rusted into layers,there is no clip there and the center peice is hollow(bolt?) that large chunk at the end on the top is curved and was broken off of something

mark_painter · Nov 13, 2011

castletonking said:
i thought possibly a pipe of some sort

If it is from the AWI period I think it's safe to rule out a pipe. Majority of pipes from that time were clay followed by wood and corncob. Iron was used in all facets of life during that time from parts of guns, hoops for barrels, plows, some rakes, apple peelers and iron skillets just to name a few.

hillbillydigger · Nov 13, 2011

mark_painter said:
If it is from the AWI period I think it's safe to rule out a pipe. Majority of pipes from that time were clay followed by wood and corncob. Iron was used in all facets of life during that time from parts of guns, hoops for barrels, plows, some rakes, apple peelers and iron skillets just to name a few.

By pipe I meant water pipe and not smoking pipe. At least I think you are talking smoking pipes because I never heard of making water pipes out of corncobs. :grin:

The piece on the right just reminded me of a half piece of iron water pipe we found out in the yard once because it seems curved in the picture.

Jasper1911 · Nov 13, 2011

piece on the left looks like half a horseshoe and the threaded piece could have been an old wagon clip of some sort.

i have no idea,do any of you?

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