Two colonial items we need help on...

[comfyinvermont]

Hi all. Here are two items we located this week that we are having trouble identifying. The first is the item (center first picture) that looks like a pike, but is too thin. The second is the item in the upper left, (see second picture) with the curly que on the end. It appears as if it had a second one on the same side that has broken off. The pike item is 15 inches tip to tip and the other is 5.5 inches. Thanks for the help...Lance

 

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[DCMatt]

Item one - a pointer from a weathervane?

DCMatt

 

[roswellborn]

The shape of that second item makes me think of a coat hook. It has the flat bit in the middle for mounting on a wall or door, and the curlique bit... Ok, it's not perfect, but hey, it's a thought.
(hope this shows up)

 

[Ant]

The item in the middle looks like a knife that's missing the handle or a spear point. It almost looks as though it was made from a file.

 

[Old Dog]

I am going with Ant on the center piece. I am pretty sure it is a knife as a pike head would be round to fit over a long pole or would have a socket so as to maximize penetration.

OD

 

[Kansasippi]

I beleive the curled peice is an iron latch spring, or whats left of it.

 

[romeo-1]

First item is part of a weather vane...no idea on the second.

 

[Wetgreenie]

Hmm mee too.... Weather vain or clock hand?
And the other Hook or handle.

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Could it be part of a Musket?
Pictured below:
The Model 1752 (also known as the Model 1757) Spanish musket was a classic European flintlock longarm combining French, German, and Spanish influences. This, along with a slightly modified version that appeared in 1789, was the standard Spanish military musket from the 1750s until the end of the Spanish colonial period. At above left are barrel bands, a sideplate, a wrist escutcheon, and a hammer from Spanish sites in western Florida. At above right is shown an official Spanish engraving of Model 1752/1757 musket furniture as well as carbine and pistol locks and parts.

 

[civilman1]

Tang's my selling point.....Pike.