Greetings from Sacramento. Please shed some light on this mystery.

[AdrianSaldana]

I have a friend who found what I think is a viking artifact. I was hoping some one could help me identify exactly what it's funtion was. I don't want to say what I think it was because I would rather not influence your ideas of what it may have been.

It was found while roto-tilling a garden a couple feet under ground in Cape Cod Mass. It has an engraving of a man at one end.

 

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[kcm]

Greetings from Minnesota!

Please look on your other post for what I believe this to be:
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/522901-anyone-have-clue.html

 

[against the wind]

I'll take a wild shot at an I.D.
It is a tent stake. Kind of fancy.
Welcome to Tnet

 

[vpnavy]

1st - Since you are in "New Member Introductions Forum" - Let me say Welcome Aboard! Take a look at Sub-Forums: California for information (i.e., clubs, etc.) directly related to your state.

2nd - I noticed you posted this same request in "What Is It? Forum" ( Anyone have a clue? (Nov 29, 2016, 08:53 PM) ) and KCM already ID'd it - super! Again - Welcome Aboard!

 

[Enginefitter]

Welcome from NE Ohio.

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[diggummup]

Hwew is the info from the link that kcw posted for you from the other thread.

The dagger-axe (Chinese: 戈; pinyin: gē; Wade–Giles: ko; sometimes confusingly translated "halberd") is a type of pole weapon that was in use from the Shang dynasty until the Han dynasty in China. It consists of a dagger-shaped blade, mounted by its tang to a perpendicular wooden shaft. The earliest dagger-axe blades were made of stone. Later versions used bronze. Jade versions were also made for ceremonial use. There is a variant type with a divided two-part head, consisting of the usual straight blade and a scythe-like blade.

Source: The ancient Chinese weapons introduction

 

[smalltowngirl13]

Welcome aboard...

 

[bootybandit]

Welcome to TNET!