Iron spike or Stake

[JoshnMO]

You can possibly help explain this item ? I found it where an old home or cabin was and at the moment only have 1 pic of it. Its about 4 in. long and widest part (top) is about 1 in. wide.

 

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[Tn Gizmo]

My first thought is it is a broken tip from a pickaxe...probably wrong, just a wild guess.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Small wedge for splitting wood? Does it look hammered on top?

 

[JoshnMO]

No, not like a well used wedge would have.

 

[deepskyal]

No, not like a well used wedge would have.

Maybe it's not well used cause they lost it...

Al

 

[lumbercamp]

Quite often I find small pieces of iron that were cut off of a tool or other item. The part you found may have been cut off and the other piece used for another purpose. Blacksmiths are very innovative in doing such.

 

[creskol]

It is the tip that sheared off of a spike from an old spike tooth harrow

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

It doesn't look like a fracture on the flat (too square) but possibly it was put into service afterward as a handy small wedge or bench dog and peened in use. Nothing gets wasted on a small farm.

 

[creskol]

It doesn't look like a fracture on the flat (too square) but possibly it was put into service afterward as a handy small wedge or bench dog and peened in use. Nothing gets wasted on a small farm.

I have seen them shear of slick as a whistle when they hit a rock.