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Title: Any ideas what this is???
Post by: lleffler on November 28, 2016, 04:51:33 PM: I actually found this with my metal detector a few years ago in Pennsylvania. Not exactly sure what the hell it is! It's metal and is approximately 1 1/4 inches. Please anyone...ideas??
Title: Re: Any ideas what this is???
Post by: mart on November 28, 2016, 06:45:03 PM: I have no clue !! Can`t really tell what the shapes are !! Its not a scythe nor a horseshoe or anything I am familiar with !! But Rauville and KC are good with this type symbolism !!
Title: Re: Any ideas what this is???
Post by: cogar on November 29, 2016, 05:38:45 AM: Looks to me like it might be an antique “hitch pin”, ........ like so:

(http://thumbs.ebaystatic.com/images/g/0VAAAOSwP~tW4aUc/s-l225.jpg)
Antique Trailer Hitch Pin with Mushroom Head
Title: Re: Any ideas what this is???
Post by: Rauville on November 29, 2016, 10:19:17 AM: My first thought would be from some type of musical instrument? Tuning peg for an Autoharp? (That "horseshoe" shape kind of reminds me of one.)

(http://www.mechantiques.com/_2007old/photos/autoharp.jpg)
Title: Re: Any ideas what this is???
Post by: KC on November 29, 2016, 02:34:14 PM: Welp...it is a pin of some sorts. Could be a punch. The maker appears to be C Co if you turn it up! (Not a horseshoe)
Does that appear to be a ladder behind the C's?

What kind of area did you find it at? Previous housing/homestead? industrial? military?
Title: Re: Any ideas what this is???
Post by: Ipcress on November 29, 2016, 02:52:48 PM: Could it be something related to the Colebrook Iron Company of PA ?
Title: Re: Any ideas what this is???
Post by: KC on November 29, 2016, 11:05:16 PM: Ipcress, isn't that the Colebrookdale Iron Company?
Title: Re: Any ideas what this is???
Post by: Ipcress on November 30, 2016, 03:16:31 AM: Don't know, but there's mention of Colebrook Iron Company on the net, as well as Colebrookdale. I'm just looking at the initials on this thing " C I Co "

Could be I C Co but that had fewer hits, unless it's supposed to be an old J, in which case it could be related to cannons.
Title: Re: Any ideas what this is???
Post by: KC on November 30, 2016, 11:35:23 PM: Ipcress can you make out what the initials are "made of"? I can't enlarge it enough without blurring it.
Title: Re: Any ideas what this is???
Post by: cogar on December 01, 2016, 05:22:42 AM: The "C's" look like a couple "bent" nails/spikes and the other figure looks like a castle or bridge "tower".
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Post by: Ipcress on December 01, 2016, 05:23:27 AM: Made of ? They're in relief, with incised lines creating a hatching style effect.
Title: Re: Any ideas what this is???
Post by: cogar on December 01, 2016, 05:27:37 AM: Right, ..... it is a "cast" or "stamped" metal pin.
Title: Re: Any ideas what this is???
Post by: KC on December 01, 2016, 04:10:48 PM: I did a poor job of explaining/asking what my brain was trying to say. (Cogar you got drift initially.) Let me try again...

What do letters look like under a magnifying glass? Is the "l" made in the resemblance of a railroad track? A Ladder? An oil derrick? etc.

What do the C's look like? A fish? A snake/asp?
Title: Re: Any ideas what this is???
Post by: mart on December 01, 2016, 07:32:09 PM: Because the ends are splayed I assumed it was a ladder,, but no idea about the spikes !!
Title: Re: Any ideas what this is???
Post by: Ipcress on December 02, 2016, 03:59:26 AM: The C is identical to that used by Colebrookdale but the caveat would be that other companies would have also used a single serif.