Pointy Copper Tube Thing

[GamerNav]

I found this in 2 pieces, the square hole aligns with the groove on the top. The other end of the groove/trough has a small hole into the tube. I thought it might be for draining fluid from trees or from something, but I can't find a match. It's 2.25" long, without the end piece. The end disc is 1" in diameter.

 

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[jewelerguy]

kinda reminds me of the foot for wooden tripod leg such as for a camera or surveying

 

[Retired Sarge]

Foot from a Survey Transit Tripod.......?

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

The 1"-wide brass disc with a square hole appears to be from the center of a 50' or 100' windup measuring-tape reel. The winder folds down and locks into the square hole. Various pieces from that type of tape-measure have turned up here in the What Is It? forum many times, but I regret to say I do not seem to have Saved any of the photos which show the complete device.

The other object looks very similar to the nozzle of a blackpowder flask, and it is about the right size to be that. The end of the nozzle is semicircular (like a scoop) to make pouring gunpowder into the musket's muzzle easier. Also, there is one other piece of evidence which MIGHT support that identification... I notice you are in Maryland, where relic-diggers do occasionally find pieces of 1700s/1800s gunpowder flasks.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

I believe it is a measure for an "Irish" style shot bag. The lever locked it inside a tube attached to the bag/flask.