an old whatzit...any ideas?

[castletonking]

hey folks,i found this curious item and the other pieces all together,in the ground about a quarter mile from an old revolutionary fort near me.it was rusted as all iron pieces are,but its very brittle and the iron is black and crumbly,i thought possibly a pipe of some sort,but no idea.and the other parts seemed to have something to do with it as well.anyone want to take a guess?

[Havilah_Springs]

Hey castletonking,

Look at your picture below, the fastener is a 20th century piece, like they use in the automotive industry.

[castletonking]

Hey castletonking,

Look at your picture below, the fastener is a 20th century piece, like they use in the automotive industry.

interesting,that "fastener" is hollow and there was some type of material in it, the metal its made of is carbonized and very brittle

[castletonking]

if its an auto part,being 6 inches deep, in the middle of the woods with no road acess and no modern trash around,its certainly a conundrum

[Havilah_Springs]

I agree, but it sure looks like the clips they use to slide over an opening in-leu of a nut and washer. I am not to familiar with metalurgy, but were they using carbon back then?

H_S

[castletonking]

I agree, but it sure looks like the clips they use to slide over an opening in-leu of a nut and washer. I am not to familiar with metalurgy, but were they using carbon back then?

H_S

i have no idea what they used,the pieces are all so fragile,they were crumbling as i cleaned them.

[timekiller]

Not much to go on but I'll through out my three best guess ..........#1-Cast iron sewer pipe,#2-cast iron axle hub/bearing caps for old plow like a disk plow,#3- part of a old cast iron hand well pump....that's it best I can do.
Take Care,
Pete,

[Monty]

I agree with your first assumption. It's a whatsit! Monty

[mydejavooo]

Not really a lot to go off of there. My guess is that you will never know.

DeJa

[castletonking]

I agree, but it sure looks like the clips they use to slide over an opening in-leu of a nut and washer. I am not to familiar with metalurgy, but were they using carbon back then?

H_S

theres no way to slide it onto anything,its a solid piece of metal,degraded into many layers,almost like the pages of a book,but in metal