Found in Colonial Beach Va. Not sure of material type. For sure a hand hammered piece. It's not very heavy. Any Ideas and should I try to clean?

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[ticndig]

welcome to treasurenet , the help forum is for tech support . the what is it forum is a bit further down the page.
maybe your find is a wrought iron fence finial .

 

[vpnavy]

Found in Colonial Beach Va. Not sure of material type. For sure a hand hammered piece. It's not very heavy. Any Ideas and should I try to clean?

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[pistol-pete]

looks like a broken morter or rock chisel

 

[Tony in SC]

Does look like a piece from an old gate or fence?

 

[ColtsPop]

DO NOT clean it any more. I agree it is probably wrought iron fence or off a windmill, but obviously if it is hollow, it could be the tip of a lance.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

An important key for correctly identifying it is, what metal is it made of... which unfortunately you did not say anything about in your description of this mystery-object.

It doesn't appear to be made of iron. In your first photo, it seems to show the corrosion/patina characteristics of either pure Zinc, or a high-zinc-content White Metal alloy, such as Pot Metal. If that guess is correct, the object is from sometime in the 20th-Century.