Any thoughts on what this could be?

[BruceB]

The item on the left (first picture) I found at an old home site (second picture). It looks to be a brush of some sort but the teeth on it were like iron. I may be overlooking something simple of what it was but for the life of me I just can't think of it.

Any idea?

Thanks

 

[creskol]

It is a hot comb ..(aka: pressing comb) Blacks used them to straighten their hair.
Do a Google image search for "antique hot comb" .. you will see them there.

 

[BruceB]

You are dead on, thanks so very much.

Any idea on a date range for these?

I wonder if this old foundation is an old slave quarter........hmmm

 

[creskol]

If you do another Google search for "history hot comb" there will be lots of information at your disposal.

 

[rastinirv]

Like that finial. I recently found two just like it. Here's one:

Not sure why the second picture is there -- I deleted it but it still posted. Sorry to clutter up your thread

 

[mical66]

very nice finds there .

 

[Mortamus]

You need to go over that site real good go around the trees in that area around the cabin...

Use a sniping coil when you do it...there's more there bro

 

[BruceB]

Yeah I need to get myself back out there, I only spent about an hour there and found those items. By the time I got out there it was getting dark.

Thanks for the tips, I've pretty new to actually using a metal detector, typically before I would just find sites like these and dig in the trash piles found but now I'm getting into using a metal detector as well.