Antique copper pen???

[lisfisher]

No idea what this is, it looks like a pen but seems strange with the copper tube part. Tube is closed at the top end although it does have a tiny pinhole in the top. Pointy end seems to me like a writing tip but just a guess.

 

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[mick56]

May have been a brass mechanical pencil.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

It looks to have been soldered I would think maybe refrigeration related.IMO

 

[tamrock]

It looks to have been soldered I would think maybe refrigeration related.IMO

like an old style thermal coupler

 

[lisfisher]

Just a little background, it was found out in the middle of the woods within just yards of a few large cents that were also dug up

 

[sutphin]

LISFISHER I WOULD SAY A THERMAL GADGET TOO .

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

If it was a brass pen or pencil it would have some internal parts and to me it looks flattened.JMO

 

[diggummup]

Point to ponder... If you look closely at the first photo, you will see where the area just before the tip of the pen has a different type of (corroded) metal composition, then the tip is again copper. The possibility of it being a pen/pencil does exist. There are/were a vast majority of designs.

 

[ARC]

Mechanical Pencil ?

 

[DCMatt]

It looks to have been soldered I would think maybe refrigeration related.IMO

Agree. Vintage thermostat bulb of some sort (oven, freezer, engine...).

DCMatt