What is This Thing?

[FoxHound0985]

Hi there, I found this about 2 years ago in Jacksonville, Florida behnd an old house. Does anyone have any idea what it is? There are no letters or numbers anywhere on it. Thanks and HH!

Fox

 

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[jeff of pa]

looks like some type of Plug. there may have been a Rubber Ring Seal in the part near the top.

 

[tommyk73]

why it looks to me like you've got yourself a really old dime*(edit) there, maybe 1918

 

[Leon]

Looks like it may have been some type of tie-down. It might have slid into a hole, then a pin of some type would slip through the open slot keeping it from sliding out... No real clue,, looks interesting though,,, keep us posted...

 

[FoxHound0985]

I always thought it looked like some sort of pin from a WWII land mine. The guy who lived at the house was a WWII Veteran. Who knows

 

[diggummup]

why it looks to me like you've got yourself a really old quarter there, maybe 1918

looks like a dime to me.............

 

[tommyk73]

why it looks to me like you've got yourself a really old quarter there, maybe 1918

looks like a dime to me.............

oopsy ...lol I got so excited to make a smart@## comment that I screwed it up... thanks!

Also, I agree on the plug thing.... Reminds me of a boat plug...

 

[JARMAN]

Is very interesting and looks like a pin or plug to me.

 

[AzSports]

Would have had a leather seal, or a couple of them stacked. I have one around here somewhere a bit larger that was used in a pipe buried vertically, in a basement floor (cistern) built in the 1890's.

 

[FoxHound0985]

Thanks Jonster!

 

[gord]

Put a couple of leathers on it, and attach a rod, and it fits into a hand-pump housing.