CW Site Find...what is it?

Nana40 · May 21, 2006

I found this on the side of a hill at a civil war site. Any one know what it might be?

back side

front side

Some kind of farming thingy?

But on the side of a hill? I don't know.

Thanks ya'll!
Nana

Michelle · May 21, 2006

It is definately a hook..large enough for a wagon maybe

?come on guys and gals help it out here

trk5capt · May 21, 2006

diving doc said:
Looks like a coat hook. Doc

DOC, I Was Thinking The Same Thing. trk5capt...

dg39 · May 21, 2006

Hall tree coat hook, if there are other screw holes in the large plate. $:-\$

Then again it could be the hook from capt. hooks hand? ::)

offcoursetoo · May 21, 2006

I don't think it is a coat hook because it has a ridge on what I would call the back. I believe it would be flat to fit against a wall or whatever it is mounted on, if it weren't for that, a coat hook would be my quess also. ya think it could be part of a harness

it's surely a hook. we still thinking

Gypsy Heart · May 21, 2006

It looks like a beaten up,broken off part to a buggy step.......Dremel Time ...Nana!

d2 · May 21, 2006

Looks to me like the loop that fits on the end of a single tree, with a peice of it missing...d2

Angelo · May 21, 2006

Because of the size I'm thinking that it was a hook attached to the outside panels of a covered or freight type wagon. The hooks would hang upside down, unlike the way a wall hook is installed.

Ropes would be looped around the hooks to hold down freight, supplies, or the canvas.

Gypsy makes mention of a carriage one. So, perhaps, this may be a track to follow.

Trying to find photos of old pioneer/civil war era wagons and see if they show.

Tony

Nana40 · May 22, 2006

Thanks for the replies ya'll!

So you spent some time in the cloak room, huh TC!

When I started reading the replies...I thought...coat hook?

How would it be attached?

Cause there's only one hole...and it looks like a bullet hole.

Then...after reading your post TC I think I may understand.

Thanks for taking the time to help me figure this one out ya'll!

Nana

Gypsy Heart · May 22, 2006

Well I would like to agree and say its a hook...but unless there are two or more holes for the screws, then it isnt.....Got that Dremel out yet Nana.

Michelle · May 22, 2006

I think it was somehow secure between two slats of wood on the wall back when....that's what they told her in a few posts back....I think I can remember the coathooks in an old school i went to....No wonder the coats kept falling off!!!!

Gypsy Heart · May 22, 2006

Not convinced yet....someone had better show me a picture, because I have done alot of historic home remodeling and have yet to see a hook that was fitted between lath or into wood slats....And the lath would have to run vertical in order for that to work with the object that Nana has ......and lath runs horizontal....I have many old iron hooks...save them from teardowns and cant find one with out holes in it.....Now if this one had two holes....but even in the close up photos ...I am not seeing a indenture for the second hole...

Nana40 · May 22, 2006

Ouch! TC!

And yeah....I looked up lath and saw that it was horizontal...so how would that work? Also the one hole that it does have is jagged on one side...and smooth on the other.

And...this might help.....on the end of the skinny piece it is smoothed out..does that make sense?

Kinda like an angle....

Thanks again!

Nana40 · May 22, 2006

HMMMM... Do tell!

Michelle · May 23, 2006

the hole is where the repairman put a screw to hold it up after it kept falling out of the slats!!!!

just kiddin...who knows....a bodacious weevel...SORRY!

Angelo · May 23, 2006

A boomerang dart

Tony

Nana40 · May 23, 2006

I don't know either ya'll!

Guess I'm gonna have to sneak and get the Dremel back out Gypsy!

Think I can get away with it twice! :P

Thanks again!

tinpan · May 24, 2006

hi nana i seen a few of these and its a farm implement.there was set of them on a low horse drawn tiller for cleaning weeds out between rows of trees like orchards or grape vines.the rounded over shaft was to keep the blade shallow to remove weeds and not to cause to much drag.when the blade hit a rock it often lost its point.this was sometimes used on the end of a long wooden pole to clean out narrow farrows in vegie gardens.got a idea on the hole too.some southern farm boy during the c.v could have used this to jag a soldier off his horse like a gaff hook and i heard that some southern soldiers where poorly equipted and in a war anythings goes.with a lot of gun fire going on and someone waving this tool a round could hit by a bullet.

tinpan

Michelle · May 24, 2006

Bravo!! What a story Tinpan!!!!!! They used clubs too! Get the Dremel!!!HOLD on, Sorry Tinpan..I will find a picture soon....this has to be a hook from some kind of wagon (farm or c.w)...It is just too crude to be a coat hook, sorry!