Interesting Brass/Bronze Whatsit

[Brendan M.]

Hello Folks,

I dug this strange brass/bronze whatsit in an old farm field today. It's a pretty heavy piece. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
Bman

 

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[BeachComber]

Something to sharpen something which has lost it's point.

Or a mold to make some small dohicky...



can you tell I have no idea?

Oh wait i got another idea... A thingy for to put out whatever it is you're smoking without having to break it? lol

I mean a candle snuffer

 

[GreenHorn]

I bet it screwed onto some type of wand and was used for spraying water or poison. I'd call it an "adjustable" tip.

GreenHorn

 

[FCCDFEd]

bmanley99
What you have found is the tip to a back pack pump trumpet/wand. It has the choice of 1 or 2 holes. When the one holed side is screwed on to the trumpet a straight stream (for reach) is emitted for the trumpet and when the two holed side is attached water comes out in a fog type pattern for a wider shorter pattern. I recognized this immediately after having been a career firefighter for 32 years. The whole unit is called a back pack pump and was initially made by "Indian". They originally were a metal canister full of 5 gallons of water carried on the back and with the pushing and pumping action of the trumpet the water was pumped out. Today most of the back packs are made of a synthetic type of nylon bag because the rigid metal tank was hard to carry. They are used mostly in wild land firefighting. Hope this helps you. http://www.wildlandwarehouse.com/wwcatalog/_8220_Rigid_8221_Backpack_T_P6420C588.cfm

 

[Montana Jim]

Great job FCCDFEd !

We saw one of those here a while back and thought it was an old salt and pepper shaker till it was identified ... LMAO

 

[Brendan M.]

Thank you!!