an old whatzit...any ideas?

[castletonking]

hey folks,i found this curious item and the other pieces all together,in the ground about a quarter mile from an old revolutionary fort near me.it was rusted as all iron pieces are,but its very brittle and the iron is black and crumbly,i thought possibly a pipe of some sort,but no idea.and the other parts seemed to have something to do with it as well.anyone want to take a guess?

 

[Havilah_Springs]

Hey castletonking,

Look at your picture below, the fastener is a 20th century piece, like they use in the automotive industry.

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[castletonking]

Hey castletonking,

Look at your picture below, the fastener is a 20th century piece, like they use in the automotive industry.

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interesting,that "fastener" is hollow and there was some type of material in it, the metal its made of is carbonized and very brittle

 

[castletonking]

if its an auto part,being 6 inches deep, in the middle of the woods with no road acess and no modern trash around,its certainly a conundrum

 

[Havilah_Springs]

I agree, but it sure looks like the clips they use to slide over an opening in-leu of a nut and washer. I am not to familiar with metalurgy, but were they using carbon back then?

H_S

 

[castletonking]

I agree, but it sure looks like the clips they use to slide over an opening in-leu of a nut and washer. I am not to familiar with metalurgy, but were they using carbon back then?

H_S

i have no idea what they used,the pieces are all so fragile,they were crumbling as i cleaned them.

 

[timekiller]

Not much to go on but I'll through out my three best guess ..........#1-Cast iron sewer pipe,#2-cast iron axle hub/bearing caps for old plow like a disk plow,#3- part of a old cast iron hand well pump....that's it best I can do.
Take Care,
Pete,

 

[Monty]

I agree with your first assumption. It's a whatsit! Monty

 

[mydejavooo]

Not really a lot to go off of there. My guess is that you will never know.

DeJa

 

[castletonking]

I agree, but it sure looks like the clips they use to slide over an opening in-leu of a nut and washer. I am not to familiar with metalurgy, but were they using carbon back then?

H_S

theres no way to slide it onto anything,its a solid piece of metal,degraded into many layers,almost like the pages of a book,but in metal