🔎 UNIDENTIFIED It's on the tip of my tongue... metal detecting find

[SorenCoins]

I feel like I have seen something very similar to this item before, but I can simply not place where, when, or what it is. I found this metal detecting at a site in Colorado where a fair has been held since the 1970s. I noticed using Google Earth that there used to be some sort of homestead or farm (with multiple buildings) at this site as well. There were images of it there in 1937 and in 1955. I found this object down by where the farm would have been located.

Any ideas?

I wonder if it like an adjustable pin of some sorts. It has some bend-ability, as though maybe the two "prongs" were meant to be squeezed together and put into something so that it would hold something in place? Just a guess.

 

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[ARC]

Its a clamp for holding broom etc

 

[ARC]

Similar to these..

 

[traveller777]

Good job, Arc.

 

[crashbandicoot]

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Yep,nail or screw it to the wall,place the broom or mop handle in it and Voila,there it is next time you need it.Good one ARC!

 

[releventchair]

mother in-law's nonmotorized vehicle's parking assistive device.

 

[crashbandicoot]

mother in-law's nonmotorized vehicle's parking assistive device.

I hereby nominate releventchair to the White House office of Chief of naming things.

mother in-law's nonmotorized vehicle's parking assistive device

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

My boss as a kid walked with a cane and he had 2 screwed into the hood on the tractor to clamp his cane into.

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

I feel like I have seen something very similar to this item before, but I can simply not place where, when, or what it is. I found this metal detecting at a site in Colorado where a fair has been held since the 1970s. I noticed using Google Earth that there used to be some sort of homestead or farm (with multiple buildings) at this site as well. There were images of it there in 1937 and in 1955. I found this object down by where the farm would have been located.
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Any ideas?

I wonder if it like an adjustable pin of some sorts. It has some bend-ability, as though maybe the two "prongs" we

Mounted onto a wall
To hang the broom outta the way until needed again!

re meant to be squeezed together and put into something so that it would hold something in place? Just a guess.

It’s a broom handle grabber thingy !

 

[dozer dan]

Pool que holder

 

[Bruce R]

Could also be from a bicycle, to clip on a light or tire pump.

 

[Tony in SC]

The one you have looks more like a old cabinet latch.

 

[Sandog]

I hereby nominate releventchair to the White House office of Chief of naming things.

I am hereby submitting this photo to releventchair for renaming as my Cordless Semiautomatic Hole Puncher.

 

[Gare]

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good post ARC

 

[traveller777]

I feel like I have seen something very similar to this item before, but I can simply not place where, when, or what it is. I found this metal detecting at a site in Colorado where a fair has been held since the 1970s. I noticed using Google Earth that there used to be some sort of homestead or farm (with multiple buildings) at this site as well. There were images of it there in 1937 and in 1955. I found this object down by where the farm would have been located.
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Any ideas?

I wonder if it like an adjustable pin of some sorts. It has some bend-ability, as though maybe the two "prongs" were meant to be squeezed together and put into something so that it would hold something in place? Just a guess.

I am sure Arc got it. You should check the box by his name as solved.

 

[SorenCoins]

Thank you to everyone for the help! You are always spot-on!

 

[SorenCoins]

The one you have looks more like a old cabinet latch.

I would be really interested to see what you mean by that! I don't think I have ever seen anything like that.

 

[Sandog]

Pretty old style.