Another ID.

[srss]

The first pic i dont know what it is and would have threw it out but i saw it in someones cw collection on here. The second pic i have no idea but it was dug at my civil war site. Thanks Steve.

 

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[ModernMiner]

Steve,
I'll say an umbrella piece on picture #1.
-MM-

 

[Angelo]

One of these? But umbrella sounds good.

Tony

 

[Montana Jim]

Steve,
I'll say an umbrella piece on picture #1.
-MM-

I agree...

 

[ModernMiner]

All the ones I've seen were from CW sites. I found some today on a CW relic web site too.
-MM-

 

[srss]

I noticed tsgman has one in todays finds to.

 

[ModernMiner]

I noticed tsgman has one in todays finds to.

I just saw it. Man, they must have had a lot of umbrellas back then.
-MM-

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I noticed tsgman has one in todays finds to.

I just saw it. Man, they must have had a lot of umbrellas back then.
-MM-

Here is another similar piece. http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,59463.0.html

It even has eight tabs and one has identical notch.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Parasols were popular for southern ladies. It might be from a parasol rather than an umbrella.

http://www.nkclifton.com/rebelgals/rebgals-parasols.html

I believe you are correct. Nice link.

Here is a quote from PBK on a previous find:
There was an item about umbrella parts in Mark Parker's column in the June 2006 issue of Western & Eastern Treasures. I couldn't find it online, but here's a quote from it:

Actually, it’s part of the hardware from an old umbrella, and the notches are where the ribs or stretchers were held in place. The ribs of an umbrella’s canopy fit into what’s called a “top notch”; and the stretchers, the shorter lengths that attach the ribs to the shaft, are connected to a “runner,” the piece that moves up and down the umbrella shaft when the canopy is opened or closed. Quite a few of these turn up in Civil War camps, and many relic hunters refer to them as “parasol braces.”

 

[Old_Okie]

Pic 2 looks to me like a drag chain from a grain drill. Covers the seed after being dropped from the seed box.

Old_Okie