24 HP Riding Detector

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

Yup. My mower found this.

Iron shaft severely corroded and brass? end part in good shape.

'Discovered' in an area not previously mowed - canary grass swamp edge - of circa 18XX farmstead.

Besides where the mower shaved it, the brass part seems hardly worn. My guess so far is some sort of belt guide?

 

[tamrock]

Maybe a piston and rod assembly for an old hand pump

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

Thanks for the Idea. I see the shape resemblance, but not sure about it. This thing (brass part) is pretty smooth everywhere.

 

[Sentrom]

I believe it is a part to a governor that fit on top a steam engine. The brass pulley (see arrow) part sat on a shaft that went through a cast sleeve and attached to a gear.

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

Wow. I gotta go find the rest of this contraption

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

OK, now I have my rototiller doing the detecting

Chopped up the nozzle real nice, and that iron junk was turned up along side it.

The setting was wide open throttle, max noise and disruption.

My ear muff was noise cancelling playing FM radio