Piece of old junk

[mastereagle22]

Went to a site within throwing distance of a CW fort. this area is a large empty field now. Came across this thing at 7 inches. Don't have any clue what it is other than a big honking piece of iron. The strange thing about it is that the shaft starts out round at the bolt end and ends up square just before the big round end.

Anyway no clue what it is, probably another item that cannot be identified, but I would appreciate anyone looking at it.

 

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[re-tek]

i say its the part that holds an oar in place on a rowboat. thats my guess.

 

[Baldingboy]

i say its the part that holds an oar in place on a rowboat. thats my guess.

You might have something there. This place has been underwater before. Good guess. I know this because I was with ME22 when he found this.

 

[ivan salis]

the name is an "oar lock". ---

 

[hasbeen]

It appears to be the retaining bolt from a scythe handle.

hasbeen

 

[lumbercamp]

I'm going with justgeese answer. I have found several of these in the woods.

 

[Angelo]

Pipe Hanger?

Tony

 

[Montana Jim]

As a SWAG I'm guessing because of the hex nut it's not CW..as for what it is, the first thing that came to mind was a center drop off a double tree that attachs to a wagon tongue..but thats a guess...good luck
Don

Maybe not of a doudl tree but anothe rpart of a wagon/buckboard/cart... whatever.

I call stuff like that "fort trash"... meaning, it's trash - but it's from the fort era and therefore an unkown relic.

Or... Tony shows compelling proof that it's simply a pipe support/hanger.

 

[dg39]

Too small I think for doubletree part. No swivel , so oar lock is out.
That pipe hanger idea of T's looks better the more I think about it.
DG

 

[ivan salis]

must admit with no swivel its most likely not a oar lock ---tonys pipe hanger is looking good ---Ivan

 

[lumbercamp]

Aha. whenever I get my cheap digital camera working, and my daughters cooperation to post pictures, I will show you that it is a doubletree from a wagon. But my daughte is out about town. Two more weeks till college for her.

 

[Bluezman]

As Hasbeen said:

It appears to be the retaining bolt from a scythe handle.

hasbeen

It's called a Nib Iron. It holds the "Nib" (one of the small wood handles attached to the "Snath") on a "Scythe"...The "Snath" being the long curved handle.

Kinda fits don't it... found in a field?

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[Baldingboy]

Mastereagle22 and I found this spitting distance between the Mississippi river and a civil war fort in the area. One of the locals said years ago he tied his boat up to the tree right next to where he found this. This area was under water before the flood wall was installed.

 

[EDDE]

Anyway no clue what it is, probably another item that cannot be identified,

i concur