Found something strange this morning?

[rks1949]

I went out for a short hunt this morning,and found the usual pennies,clad,ect. Then I got a deep signal and dug this up at about 9 inches? Have any of you got a idea of what it is?

 

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[DizzyDigger]

Interesting item..is it all brass? Looks like it's designed to be mounted
on a ship, or a wall maybe?

My guess is that it's either a propeller or a fan blade of some type.

 

[Terry Soloman]

I thought it might be part of an antique rope braider, but can't find anything similar. Pretty cool find!

 

[rks1949]

Interesting item..is it all brass? Looks like it's designed to be mounted
on a ship, or a wall maybe?

My guess is that it's either a propeller or a fan blade of some type.

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The "fan like blade is brass,but the main body is made of iron.

 

[rks1949]

I thought it might be part of an antique rope braider, but can't find anything similar. Pretty cool find!

Some think it's a fan from a antique wood burning stove? They say the heat rising made it turn and circulate the heat? it's not that big? I Dunno?

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

It could be the blades used to be upright and it was a candle holder, maybe someone bent them down.It looks like two of the blades have cracks from being bent straight.

 

[Mudflap]

Could it be a wall mounted stamp holder for the rubber stamps that have wooden handles?

 

[DizzyDigger]

The more I look at that mount, the more I keep thinking how
it looks an awful lot like a "side view mirror" mount on a car.

Wonder if they used it somehow to blow air inside the car?

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Cool find!