I figured this was some tobacco related item. It was dearly deep near the mill and the early home. I feel it's not from that time period though . At first glance in ground I thought it was a fishing rod handle .
My partner and I found a nice glass pipe at one of our secret spots, we used it to smoke some of the $2000+ high grade we found laying about at another secret location. Some treasures are not made of gold or silver AT ALL🤣
Neat find, I find quite a few of those pipes. I have roughly 20 in a display case now. Guess if I ever want to get a little goofy, I just lift the lid on the case !