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Found this by a railroad track and wondered if it was a fishing weight.Its about 2 inches in diameter and weighs almost 2 pounds.The warden(wife) says its for fishing but iam not sure.

 

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Although the below is Roman they used steelyard weight up until recently.


http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?i...channel=s&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&sa=N

 

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Crusader how did you find the web site cool 8) AA

 

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Just googled images - 'steelyard weight'

Here's how they looked complete, didn't change design for over 2000 years.

 

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I just got back from Colonial Williamsburg and I have the answer. It is a gate closer. Unfortunately I did not have my camera with me but they are on every picket gate down there. How it works is a post is set in the ground inside the fenced area. Then a piece of chain is connected to the post on one end and to the gate on the other. The ball hangs and holds the chain in a v shape at rest. When the door opens the chain straightens and when you let go of the gate the weight pulls the chain back to a v and puts pull pressure on the gate so it won't blow open. I find this a simple but an effective and smart idea. If you google "gate closer" or "Williamsburg picket fence" you will probably find it.