Flag Staff Cap?

[Curious The George]

A friend found this a few months ago. It was at the site of an old home place. Stone fireplace remains there and lots of yard trash. The house site is fairly close to a route that Civil War troops were known to frequent.

There is a truncated cone shape piece of wood remaining inside of it, partially rotted away.

Made of brass, about 4" long.

It looks to be one of those brass caps that you see on the top of a flag staff. The question is, can it be dated or identified any further. Is it CW era?

Any further information would be welcome.

 

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[mojjax]

Whiffletree tip

Nice find !

 

[IronSpike]

Cool find and great ID

Green check

 

[kuger]

Bingo!!Good one Mo!

 

[Curious The George]

mojjax,
Looks like you got it right, now I got to find out what a wiffletree is.

Many Thanks!

 

[kuger]

mojjax,
Looks like you got it right, now I got to find out what a wiffletree is.

Many Thanks!

Can you green check this one??

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

mojjax,
Looks like you got it right, now I got to find out what a wiffletree is.

Many Thanks!

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