More Mysterious Than The Chicken Egg Counter Thing?

[Cheeserock]

This thing has had me baffled for over a year now.

I found it in river mud near a dam in Michigan that was built of logs and rocks in the 1860's. I posted it here a year ago before cleaning with no luck on the ID.

A pic before electrolysis with mud, rust, and what I think is decayed leather stuck all over it.




After Zapping it for about 12 hours this is what it looks like. The right end of it looks like a handle to me, it may have been wrapped with wood or leather at one time. The two rib-like things to the left lead me to believe that that end was in a sheath or scabbard.







A closeup of what I'll call the sheathed end shows a thin layer of exposed copper that was covered with something.




Closeup of the ribs. If this is part of a scabbard these would be called risers and are there to keep the open end of the scabbard open and can be used to suspend the scabbard from a belt with a lanyard or loop.




Any ideas what this could be? I know it's not a sword, sabre, or knife. It must be a tool of some kind.

[Mac232]

Gear shifter ??

[Bigcypresshunter]

It looks like an automotive part.

[Kieth-Tx]

Car/tractor steering column shaft?

[ivan salis]

gear shifting lever off some type of machine --car , truck, tractor --location of find might help provide a clue --say a farm feild maybe?

[doublet2a]

I agree,, auto or farm related

[nova treasure]

Car/tractor steering column shaft?

agreed, the little round button would be for the brake safety switch.

[Monty]

I was thinking part of an auto steering column myself. I'm pretty sure it was part of a steering or suspension for an auto. Monty

[Dano Sverige]

Lever from a crane/Bulldozer.