Any idea on this iron item..????

[dand]

Dug this at a place where we also recovered Civil War Bullets, Flat Buttons.

It measures 3 1/4th inches long..
Round fat end is 1 inch in diameter.

Has a brass/copper wire through the end...

Not sure what the materaial is in the round fat end...

Thanks.....Dan

 

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[snake pit]

maybe a piece of a pipe

 

[Breezie]

Was it this clean when you dug it or have your electrocuted it? Breezie

 

[bradyboy]

Maybe a lead soldered pipe end cap
the tail would be the slag run off from to much lead left over

 

[dand]

It's been chemically treated. Here's another picture of the entire piece.

Thanks....Dan

 

[sportinwood]

Toy gun comes to mind with that last pic.

 

[creskol]

I had the chance to examine this piece, and I can tell you with certainty that it isn't a cap gun.
At some point in history, it had another ear to it, and would probably have looked like that shown in the photo reconstruction below.
The tip looks like it was slotted, too, and has a brass wire that secured whatever went into the slot.
It is a very strange piece.

 

[traderoftreasures]

Looks to me like an old antique temperature sending unit of somesort?

 

[timekiller]

Just a guess here but reminds me of a old crank hand screw driver bit end broke off.
Take Care,
Pete,

 

[timekiller]

Scratch the above idea as I see the shaft does not go through. But mabe a door handle for car,or storm door.
Take Care,
Pete,

 

[DoubleUgly]

It looks almost like the ferrule at the bottom of a flagpole. Since it came from a CW area, maybe it went on a unit flag to anchor it when it was planted at the campsite?