Hollow brass thing with a hole through it - old doorknob

[Bramblefind]

I posted this with my Today's Finds today but I was wondering if someone here might be able to help me figure out what it is. It is about 1 3/4 " long. Found on a rural farm site that dates from the later 18th C to probably the late 19th C. I think it is made of brass - it does not attract a magnet.

Struck me as funny when I found it because it looks much like the puffball fungus that I have seen around the site

Thanks!

 

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[CRUSADER]

Re: Hollow brass thing with a hole through it

door knob

 

[Bramblefind]

Re: Hollow brass thing with a hole through it

door knob

aha! that's a good thought. I'll investigate that a little.

 

[Bramblefind]

Re: Hollow brass thing with a hole through it

Ha! Didn't have to look too far - and you ID'd it

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,334319.0.html

 

[trikikiwi]

Good ID
AND
By the way, on the subject of puffballs,
they apparently make great eating;
I couldn’t believe how good they tasted — a strong mushroom flavor and tender texture. It left me wondering why puffballs are not more widely known about …http://www.eatingoutloud.com/2007/04/my-big-fat-puffball-fungus-thing.html

Who hasn't ever kicked a puffball?
And all that powder explodes out of it.
Mike

 

[Deftone]

Did you at least try and step on it to see the poofness?

 

[Bramblefind]

Doorknob or puffball?

 

[montepollock]

Though I cannot provide Picture I have something similiar an oval about 1" with wires attached to smaller balls (Think Fishing Swivel)it was Id.ed as a set of surveyors rods that could be folded.
I will add a picure of a similiar type maybe tomorrow.
HH,Mont

 

[montepollock]

This is a different type of surveyors chains maybe some one could provide a link with pic.

 

[Monty]

Dang, I thought that doorknob was a junior shot put! Sorry, just can't let it go. Monty

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Doorknob or puffball?

Or shot - put!

No no no sorry about that