first thought this was civil war shell ? need help

[weasel606]

found this in the backyard a couple evenings ago and been racking my brain, it was down about 6 inches and gave quarter signal that was kind of bouncing around, looks like lead and weighs 2.8 ounces and is 3 5/8 inches long, the large end has a hole in it that looks like it had some screw threads in it at one time i can just barely tell they are there now and has 3 notches on the end i hope you can see, this maybe nothing but its driving me crazy thinking it might be some kind of shell thing from the civil war. any ideas please?

 

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[weasel606]

ok forgot the pics here they are

 

[weasel606]

this might be a better pic of the end i hope

 

[weasel606]

yes i see something on the end , didnt notice till i seen it in the pic , but i cant make it all out , looks like a letter inside a diamond

 

[weasel606]

trying to see if i can get a better pic , but it looks like a P inside a diamond

 

[Angelo]

Tent Pole End?

Tony

 

[weasel606]

i have been wondering about that to angelo, i'm thinking your right, but sure would like to make sure, thanks

 

[dg39]

I think tony is right on it. Tent pole end.
DG

 

[weasel606]

thanks DG , i have been wondering about this thing for 2 days lol, just wanted to see what you guys thought about it , thanks

 

[QUICKSILVER (appletree)]

What about a lawn jart.

 

[weasel606]

lawn dart i think thats a real possible on that , since you mention that i really think your right, thanks

 

[re-tek]

i concur, replaceable tip for a lawn dart.

 

[weasel606]

thats what i think now to re-tek , i nver thought about a lawn dart till you guys mentioned it but now i think for sure thats it, thanks guys

 

[Montana Jim]

I think Tony is correct...

Not Jarts! Which, are now illegal Although I understand why! My neighbor caught one through the ankle once... yikes! Little kids were getting killed and injured for like 20 years from those things!

Anyway - I found some pics of replacement parts, and they don't jive with your piece.

 

[weasel606]

thanks jim, it may have been a top for a tent pole, i'm pretty sure it is made of lead, might be from an old tent pole

 

[bottlebum]

Maybe the end of a probe of some kind? That is if it's not a lawn dart tip.

 

[SomeGuy]

I think ther's another one here:

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,103251.msg754839/topicseen.html#new