still trying to figure this one out.

[Tim Helms]

got any ideas on this yall.

 

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[villagenut]

Looks a lot like a weathervane globe often seen below the top mounted vanes. This would have been the swivel point for the wind to move the upper section. Usually a larger hole on the bottom and a smaller one on the top. Can't really see the top of yours there. Nice find you have there, here is one that I found a while back.

 

[Tim Helms]

this one only has one hole .

 

[villagenut]

looking through the larger hole, it looks as if there is a smaller one but if you say there isn't one then it may be something else. another possibility then would be a finial from a bedpost or one from a flagstaff. But if no top hole then again maybe not.

 

[SkaBa]

Usually a larger hole on the bottom and a smaller one on the top

It looks like the smaller hole is on the inside of the sphere, not through it.

 

[Sentrom]

I assume metal. Magnetic? Either hole threaded?

From the pictures I would go with Villagenut, that it is a Truk. I think that is the correct word for the Ball on top of a flagpole.

 

[DCMatt]

Bed knob.