Live in the field what is it?

[jadocs]

Just dug this up and have no clue. If I had to guess its a piece of machinery. Solid iron on both sides (even though one side appears to be crimped in place. I broke through on that end with my shovel and it does appear to have some support inside. The rest is dirt.

Found at an old school

Any idea?

 

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[dirtdigginfool]

Base to an old automobile bumper jack?...ddf

 

[Doubter in MD]

Base to an old automobile bumper jack?...ddf

I'd say that is a good guess.

 

[jadocs]

Really good guess fellas thanks.

 

[dirtdigginfool]

Really good guess fellas thanks.

Just showing my age...lol. ddf

 

[digging440yrs]

YEP ------

 

[thekspapa]

Picture one looks like an exit wound, picture 2 looks like a round entrance wound. Possibly 45 caliber judging by the pictures. As far as what the object is, not sure. But it doesn't look like a jack stand.

 

[dirtdigginfool]

I was well versed in the use of the bumper jack...I drove Mom's 72 Pontiac Catalina to school and work before I bought my own car...and that unit was a one-tire fryer...lol..I used to buy a wheel and tire from the local junkyard every 3-4 weeks, and Mom was always wondering why just the one right rear tire went bald...Oh, those were the days...99 cent gas and 10 dollar tires....ddf

 

[Doubter in MD]

Picture one looks like an exit wound, picture 2 looks like a round entrance wound. Possibly 45 caliber judging by the pictures. As far as what the object is, not sure. But it doesn't look like a jack stand.

 

[thekspapa]

Which part don't you understand?

 

[Doubter in MD]

Which part don't you understand?

I understood everything up to "Picture one".

 

[thekspapa]

Let me start at the beginning. The OP showed 2 pictures. In America we read from left to right. That being said, picture 1 ( on the left) looks like an exit wound. If you've ever shot a gun, then you've notice when you shoot something, when the bullet hits the target it makes a small round hole( picture 2, on the right). The impact mashes the projectile, and when it comes out of the target the hole it makes(exit wound ) is larger and misshaped.
As dirty and rusty as it is, it didn't look like a jack stand base. But the longer I look at it, it is starting to resemble one.

 

[laradactyl]

it looks like the base of a bumper jack to me too.

Don't take this wrong, but I have never heard of "wounded" sheet metal. I have shot tons of tin cans and other junk targets of opportunity over the years but never considered one to be wounded. I guess they were all one shot kills.