✅ SOLVED I Hope You Guys Know, Cuz I Haven't a Clue...

[Bucket Lister]

3" Long, 1" Dia. Main housing seems to be cast--non-magnetic.
I'm thinking maybe an engine/tractor part(?) but I was never much of a gearhead.
Lensing came up zero.

 

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[Retired Sarge]

Thank you, sarge. Nice side by side crop

Thank you, glad I could do something small to solidify your ID.

 

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[Bucket Lister]

FWIW...
I did a little more poking around, and by lensing
mmocha2905's pic, found quite a few examples at different auction houses and museums.

One source called it a "button operated latch chuck, 1875-1885". So far, that's the only date range I've seen.

 

[ARC]

That may be. I thought the scallops were broken out, but closer inspection suggests they're cutouts.

to me it looked like a chair caster with the wheel deteriorated and gone.
But now after matching up to Sarge and mmocha it looks like a dead on match.

Good call mmocha... and good match up Sarge.

 

[TORRERO]

That's AMAZING !! How do you guys find shit like this

 

[Bucket Lister]

That's AMAZING !! How do you guys find shit like this

Do you mean the artifact, or finding out what it is?

I ask the former almost daily; I've had a really dry month and ATM only the one permission (but I think I could spend 10 years on just that one). Folks on this forum seem to routinely find stuff I only hope for.

How they know or find this stuff?
We all have different life experiences, knowledge, & strengths.

 

[TORRERO]

finding out what it is?

this !

 

[Tony in SC]

Kinda looks like a connector for sucker rods used in oil wells?

 

[mmocha2905]

Did a crop of your picture to show what you are talking about and to make it easier for people to see the part. Plus added the OPs picture to allow a side by side comparison.

BTW great ID there......!

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I found the same thing a few years ago, and it was identified by someone here on treasurenet. Thats the only reason i knew.

 

[Fred Finder]

3" Long, 1" Dia. Main housing seems to be cast--non-magnetic.
I'm thinking maybe an engine/tractor part(?) but I was never much of a gearhead.
Lensing came up zero.
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Those old crank drill bit chucks never held anything in place. No wonder he tossed it, lol

 

[Bucket Lister]

Those old crank drill bit chucks never held anything in place. No wonder he tossed it, lol

IDK, but the bolt/screw that attached it to the brace is still there, as is part of the bit. Would "he" have put it back together before discarding it?

Without finding the rest of the brace...