✅ SOLVED Very heavy Shifter nob or hood ornament or ???

[cdsieg]

Found this is the trash pit today, any thoughts?

 

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[NeoTokyo]

Ornate Lightning rod topper?
Part of an old wrought iron fence or gate?

Looks like there is a cross on it too.

Those are my guesses, doesnt look automotive to me.

 

[Joe Dirt]

Hmmm?

 

[NOLA_Ken]

My first though is part of a wrought iron fence or gate. Another possibility is the top of an andiron maybe.

 

[nhbenz]

Part of weathervane?... Below the part the that even fancier

 

[allen_idaho]

Looks to be an ornamental top from an old bed frame. I have a set from the early 1900's that has several pieces which look just like that.

 

[stefen]

Looks familar but certainly not car related...

 

[A/CMan]

It's a metal thingy, I'm 100% sure of that!

 

[cdsieg]

Thanks for all your comments so far, I am with A/Cman on this one! LOL. I will try not to detect so long tomorrow and get back here and clean it and about 25 other things cleaned up! It weighs about 3 pounds, it is rather heavy for its size.

 

[nhbenz]

Looks to be an ornamental top from an old bed frame. I have a set from the early 1900's that has several pieces which look just like that.

I'm in total agreement! It took just a moment of googling antique iron bed frame images to find one really similar.

 

[cdsieg]

I'm in total agreement! It took just a moment of googling antique iron bed frame images to find one really similar.

Thanks for the idea, sometimes all I need is the words to type into google to search things out. I will consider this solved and move on to bigger and better things!