🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Some mystery finds -- any help appreciated

bcbirdman

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Apr 14, 2023
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Hey everyone, I've got a few different objects that I'm interested in knowing more about if possible. These are from two different sites not far from each other in western Indiana.

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1.This object is lead and I broke it into two pieces when I pulled it out of the hole (crack on right side). Anyway, does anyone have an idea what this might be? Reminds of me a crude tag of some kind. Interesting to me the way it is shaped.

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2. From what I could find online, I think this is a shingling hatchet or a hewing hatchet?

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3. This I'm thinking was nailed to a wall? There looks to be a hole all the way through the diamond-shaped part, but it is rusted over. It reminds me of a small candle holder, but this doesn't seem right with the type of metal and size.
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4. Honestly have no idea here. This one is definitely a moving part to something larger I think, but what? It is made of brass.
 

Looks like #2 is a hatchet to me too.
 

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Item #3 reminds me of a guide for a cable or a small rope. These were sometimes mounted to wagons to allow a tarp to be held over the wagon bed. There were usually several of them spaced out in series. They also had many other, similar uses in sheds, barns, etc.
 

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