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Looks like a Brass Drift pin for doing pegged joints or doweled joints in carpentry. Pretty cool.Remember timber was thick back when.
To soft a material to be used for much else unless it was an alignment tool for some sort of machinery that was precision milled and the brass would not scratch it.One more thought was a Surveyors center wieght to mark his corners. seems to big for that though.??
 

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Is there rust inside the threaded hole? I think it may be a field picket for horses without corals, I have newer versions of the same thing, but they are steel. The idea would be to drive this in the ground, thread in an eyeloop and hobble your horse to that, saves hours of temp coral building. Just an idea, OS
 

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Hay Pete & floater that is the same things I have been thinking must be on the right road. I wunder why they came in other sizes. SASQUATCH <><
 

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Cool spike squash,

my guess would be it held large timber together in some form or another ( or ) has something to do with railroad const.

Gotta be worth a few bucks just for the weight of brass alone!

HH

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Sometimes brass spikes were used as markers to lead to a cache. Lafitte was known for this as were others. Do you dig it up by itself or was there anything nearby? Perhaps the tree it could've been in rotted a long time ago. Never know... :)
 

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It is from a lady that lives up the street. She Owns the only Commercial property around there is two buildings both where stores about 1920's. Now she lives in one the other is vacant. I have been wanting to M.D. there. Finaly I stooped got to talking to her she seamed intrested. Then I noticed that the weeds needed to be wacked so I offered to do it. That was the clincher I was in like Flin. The next time I came back she gave me the brass Spike. I can have it if I find out what it is. Thanks SASQUATCH <><
 

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Hay free nice to see that you are back to your old self. I have not had a chance to see the movie yet. Yes I have M.D. at the old store but only for about 15min. 4 bottle caps total. waiting for the next rain to soften up the ground. Also is a crawl space with old bottles that I can see from the entrance. Just have to find the time. SASQUATCH<><
 

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I am thinking that spike could be an old unused '' BENCHMARK '' you know those surveyer's markers used in mapmaking . That hole in the top could be where the brass plate with #'s indicating feet above sea level or longitude & latitude along with an arrow pointing to the next benchmark . Many times they were pounded into a prebored hole in rock or ledge . Topo maps have ''BM'' every few miles if you look closely . I have only seen a few out in the ''wild'' . I'm sure there are alot of different styles they made over the years . That looks similar to the head of one my grandmother had sticking out of a boulder in front of her house when I was s little kid .
Anyway Sasquash , that is one nice spike !
 

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That is a good idea. There are different sizes for how deep they could go. I have some of those brass survay markers. I find them washed out in the streams. They are in concrete tho. Not on a brass pole. Maybe the older ones where on brass poles.SASQUACH
 

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I don't know what this is, but brass is often used where you wouldn't want it to bind (for removal later) an example is the use of brass in faucets where they would lock up solid if they were steel! Personally I like Floaters idea of it being used for an alignment tool, there is a place where you would want to be able to remove it! My opinion anyway. Very cool SASQUASH, Congrats! HH omnicognic 8)
 

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I know exactly what it is. It is a land surveyors turning point. When surveyors would need a stable place to rest their level rod and none was available(no rocks, pavement, etc..) they would drive this into the ground. This would give them a firm, relatively level place to use as a turning point. The hole near the head goes clear through and would have a rope or leather lanyard to be used to pull it out when the survey crew was ready to move on. The comment about it being brass because brass does not seize is correct. I have used one many time in the last 30 years.You have a interesting piece of history.You don't see these much anymore.
 

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