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[Joe-Dirt]

Recent storms uprooted some really big old oak trees around where I was working today. I wasn’t allowed to fire up my saw until 10am so I poked around a 200 year old fallen oak tree. The root ball left a 5 to 6 foot hole and I found this iron hook dead center at the bottom about a foot down (so six feet under the tree). It looks as it has a rivet to swivel and would have guided a leather strap............ I think, I’m always wrong, so I won’t speculate.

 

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[DiggerKid2003]

Civil war sword hanger is my first instinct but I may be wrong.

 

[Joe-Dirt]

The sight I found it on is an old house/tavern location from the 1700’s, but the tree was several hundred feet from the buildings location, and in Massachusetts

 

[bowwinkles]

spring snap that goes on a leather lead line or rein. also common on some dog leashes today.

https://www.ebay.com/i/322395086179?chn=ps

 

[Joe-Dirt]

Looks a lot like, however, it has a rivet for at the rectangular guide for movement. The depth bewilders me, thanks Bowinkle

 

[ARC]

Called a "snap hook".

 

[boogeyman]

spring snap that goes on a leather lead line or rein. also common on some dog leashes today.

https://www.ebay.com/i/322395086179?chn=ps

Looks almost identical to the strap clips on military haversacks etc. Try comparing it to some of the military surplus stores or collectors sites.

 

[ARC]

Ok lets get technical...

Its actually a "strap snap hook".

 

[ARC]

And yes they were used on rifle straps.

 

[ARC]

 

[ARC]

Also used on military sacks and various other things... even down to life vests.

 

[ARC]

Still used today on military duffle bags.

 

[creskol]

Ok lets get technical...

Its actually a "strap snap hook".

Well ..to be precise... it is an articulated strap snap hook ... as opposed to a swivel type

 

[bowwinkles]

Well ..to be precise... it is an articulated strap snap hook ... as opposed to a swivel type

Let's just say that it has been used for many years in multiple applications and it is still called a snap hook

 

[ARC]

Well ..to be precise... it is an articulated strap snap hook ... as opposed to a swivel type

Well to be technically precise... :P

Its a "fixed loop snap hook"... as opposed to the swivel

 

[ARC]

Now... whenever we see one of these posted from now on... I will smile to myself and await on your posts Creskol.

 

[bowwinkles]

Well to be technically precise... :P

Its a "fixed loop snap hook"... as opposed to the swivel

Its just that ting on da end of ur strap and it goes "snap".

 

[ARC]

Lets rename this item to.........

"snapperdoodle".

 

[HuntinDog]

Snapperdoodles

 

[Joe-Dirt]

I don’t know what it is, but boy was it deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep