Ball With a Hook??

[DiggetyDog]

Can anyone help me identify this?

 

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[vhs07]

Whats the ball made of? Lead? Could be some type of scale counter weight

 

[DiggetyDog]

Iron I think. It's heavy

 

[DiggetyDog]

It's not lead I found some horse shoes and square nails near it

 

[ecmo]

Whats the ball made of? Lead? Could be some type of scale counter weight

My thought also.

Don

 

[Plug N Play]

Bell clapper ... maybe ?

 

[relic nut]

I agree with Plug n Play, it's a dong from a cowbell

HH, RN

 

[Old Pueblo]

Its a weight for weighing livestock on a livestock scale. That would be my guess, considering where you found it.

 

[Lafitte Deux]

Same as Old Pueblo. Scale weight.

 

[relic nut]

HH, RN