Very Funky Chunk of Metal

[dwayne sueno]

Found this over the weekend in a field adjacent to a colonial house site here in upstate ny. Most of what was coming out of the ground was early 20th century, but this "looks" older.
I would guess it's copper, or a high-copper alloy. 2 1/8" inches long. Sorry, don't have a scale to weigh it. Looks sorta like a cross between a very specialized mini-hammer and the mid-section of an early toy superhero. I have no idea...

 

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[creskol]

It sorta reminds me of a mangled piece off of a sconce-type gas lamp.

 

[p2c]

Looks like it might be a very mangled gas jet for a bunsen burner, the valve and end (which is now curled) where you attached rubber tubing that ran to the burner.

 

[Blind.In.Texas]

The left side of the second picture indicates to me that the object is solid, which, defeats my original thought of a dismatled gas valve. Also in the second picture, the item also looks melted. Possibly a proprietary wrench of sorts? Kind of like an old clock key or valve wrench. I don't know but, it sure is odd.

 

[dwayne sueno]

interesting responses. seems the consensus so far is pointing to a gas-related object. The metal is solid throughout, except the hole in the middle. It doesn't look like the curled smaller end was ever hollow, though it does look like it might have broken at the end of that curl long ago. There are old fire pits on this property, but none closer than 100 yards that i know of from where this was found (middle of a hay field). It looks like there might be a spot of red paint on part of the larger "melted" side. here are some more pics that might be a little clearer.

thanks for the input, dwayne

 

[creskol]

interesting responses. seems the consensus so far is pointing to a gas-related object. The metal is solid throughout, except the hole in the middle. It doesn't look like the curled smaller end was ever hollow, though it does look like it might have broken at the end of that curl long ago. There are old fire pits on this property, but none closer than 100 yards that i know of from where this was found (middle of a hay field). It looks like there might be a spot of red paint on part of the larger "melted" side. here are some more pics that might be a little clearer.

thanks for the input, dwayne

I misspoke in my previous post when I said "It sorta reminds me of a mangled piece off of a sconce-type gas lamp." ... What I actually meant was a mangled piece of a kerosene lamp wall bracket. Here is a photo of what I was thinking (highlighted in red)

 

[BW]

How about a hilt or hand guard to a knife ?

 

[Breezie]

I think creskol is on because it looks like some type of Victorian lamp or either part of a Victorian candelabra. Breezie

 

[jpitt1970]

Bent up "shutter dog"??

 

[mickk]

Looks like a melted tap handle to me.

 

[BuckleBoy]

It looks like a mangled 1700s small sword quillon block to me. Below is a link to an example of comparable size:

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,288652.0.html

I think you should post this on the international sword forum and see what they say...


-Buckles

 

[dwayne sueno]

thanks for all the replies, everyone!
sorry i haven't responded sooner- we've had a power outage for the last 36 hours, but we're back on the grid again...

i'll be researching lamps and candelabras and sword quillons once i get caught up from the power outage, and keep you posted.

thanks again,

dwayne

 

[BuckleBoy]

Sword forum link:

http://swordforum.com/


Membership requires only an email address.

 

[dwayne sueno]

buckles,

thanks for the link. i'm awaiting approval of the swordforum moderators.

 

[BuckleBoy]

buckles,

thanks for the link. i'm awaiting approval of the swordforum moderators.

Cool. Keep me posted on what they say.


-BB