✅ SOLVED EAGLE THING???

[DiggerDave in Pa.]

This item is brass and was a water find. It has a threaded hole in the back. It has screw part on the front which is broken at the top. What is it? My digging buddy found one like it and it was broken in the same way. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks for looking! DD.

 

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[creskol]

That is an eagle drum tennsioner.. very cool find!

 

[DiggerDave in Pa.]

That is an eagle drum tennsioner.. very cool find!

Thanks for the quick ID. Any idea on a time frame and is it broken or is it made this way? Thanks! DD.

 

[mamabear]

wonder what the age is. nice find!

 

[taz42o]

Drum tensioners had ropes, that short metal hook is for a banjo.

 

[creskol]

Drum tensioners had ropes, that short metal hook is for a banjo.View attachment 666605View attachment 666606

Nice ID . I was thinking about drum tensioners like these .. I see now I misspoke.

 

[taz42o]

I can only find proof of these on banjos but is possible longer ones were use on drums. Some of the same makers were making drums and banjos.
There were also folded wing eagles that read "union forever" and small union shields.
As far as age I have seen them in a 1897 catalog That is the earliest I can say for sure. Yours may be later, as the older ones Ive seen have different style hook and a square nut. But maybe yours was square and broke off.