Found at 1850s Southern Plantation...

[CENLAcoin]

Found at 1850's Southern Plantation...

I think it is a farm tool of some sort....

It is about 7 inches from "tip to tip"

We have already found two civil war era cotton hoes at this same plantation.

Thanks for looking!

 

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[Tony in SC]

Re: Found at 1850's Southern Plantation...

Kinda looks like a brick cinch,for carrying brick, but too small. Tony

 

[mcb66]

Re: Found at 1850's Southern Plantation...

I agree looks like it's used to pick up brick. Years ago brick weren't standard size. So I guess brick picker uppers weren't either! of course it's kinda hard to tell size without a scale for reference.

 

[DirtDigler]

Re: Found at 1850's Southern Plantation...

It's hand-wrought steel, I can see the weld, nice. I don't recognize it as a tool, per se, but it could be part of a farm implement. The tangs are likely driven into green wood. Possibly a hanger hammered into a cabin wall.

 

[CENLAcoin]

Re: Found at 1850's Southern Plantation...

For size, the length "tip to tip" is approximately 7". The angled bar is also ~7". We found it approximately 10' from the edge of the bayou (water source)

We have found numerous examples of hand made brick in the area, and it was recovered in a place known to be where the slave cabins were built. That being said however, the size of the piece would only be good for carrying a single brick - wouldn't one just carry it at that point then?

Re cabin hanger thought...the slave cabins were one-room jobs with wooden plank floors built on brick pillar foundations (lifted off the ground as is consistent with most Louisiana construction...)

This area was also occupied by both Union and Confederate soldiers at different parts of the Civil War. Could it be a blacksmithing tool of some sort?

 

[DirtDigler]

Re: Found at 1850's Southern Plantation...

I might note that, having used brick carriers, they are hinged devices that use the weight of the bricks to clamp them together. No hinge, probably not a carrier. Still thinking the tangs are made to drive into wood. If there was a logging operation nearby, they may have used such an item to hold a log raft together for transport on the bayou. Lots of options, huh?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: Found at 1850's Southern Plantation...

I wish I could see it. For some reason, I cannot see the item in its entirety. Could you post a pic of the entire item? I think I am only seeing the end of it. Maybe my screen is not large enough.


Does everyone have large screens?

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Re: Found at 1850's Southern Plantation...

BigCypressHunter, perhaps it isn't your monitor's screen size that matters. CENLAcoin posted four photos of the object. The first two show the "entire" item. Are you not seeing four photos?

Re-posting one of CENLAcoin's "entire object" photos, for BigCypressHunter. The other side of the object looks pretty much the same as this side.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: Found at 1850's Southern Plantation...

Thanks CannonballGuy. Thats easier for me to center the scrollbar. The first 2 pics are chopped off on my 17" monitor.. I guess Im just too lazy to go to the bottom and scroll back and forth to see both sides of the object and then try to visualize what it looks like all together.

I either need a larger screen or I need to take the time to scroll and/or resize.


Could it be for carrying ice blocks?