Any ideas? Dug this at an 1880s house near a wagon stop. Brass. Thanks!

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Sometimes refered to as bayonet lightning rods becuase of the resemblance to the outlawed style of bayonet.
 

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It's a bent threaded point to the top of a lighting rod.... I saw one of these at local flea market and the vendor wanted $7 for it.... I put it back. Yours could be straightened out if you left it in the summer sun for most of the day and used a brass hammer to straighten it. Of the parts to an old lightening rod system on the old homes, it's the hardest part to find.
 
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