Brass Mystery Item

[Ripcon]

I dug this item this morning in a camp in west central Mississippi that has me stumped, so I'm once again reaching out for any assistance.
There is some wood still embedded in the top and it looks like the wood was secured to the brass by the 2 small holes on either side of the piece. The bottom is slightly concave. Thanks for any opinions or guesses.

 

[creskol]

looks like a cane tip.

 

[callicles]

Well, might it have something to do with a tent?

 

[Lafitte Deux]

It could be a tent pole cap.

 

[reale bill]

Flag pole tip

 

[creskol]

Flag pole tipView attachment 1667759

I think that is a flawed image for the most part, Bill.

 

[Tony in SC]

Most of what I see in these pics are buggy pole tips.

Flag pole tipView attachment 1667759

 

[HuntinDog]

looks like a cane tip, but flag pole tip is also a option.

Just another thought is could it be a ram rod tip?

I don't know much about them because I don't find them out here.

 

[reale bill]

Rob,I guess you take your chances when you search the internet !

 

[Dust-Devil]

round ball starter

 

[ARC]

looks like a cane tip, but flag pole tip is also a option.

Just another thought is could it be a ram rod tip?

I don't know much about them because I don't find them out here.

Too small for flag tip... BUT the ramrod tip theory is not out of the question... for...

I also thought this... sorta looks like a "brown bess" rod tip.

 

[ARC]

Could a be a "swagger stick" tip.

 

[TooManyHobbies]

My first thought...ram rod tip.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

(1) Comparing the brass cylinder's size with your fingertips in the photos indicates it is 1/2" wide, plus or minus a very little bit, which excludes all the other "larger" ID candidates which have been mentioned. (2) You indicated two small brass pins held it onto (3) a wooden shaft inside the cylinder. (4) You also say the bottom closure of the cylinder is CONCAVE. Those 4 facts tell me your brass mystery-object is most likely to be a roundball-firing smoothbore musket's ramrod tip… similar (but not absolutely 100% identical) to a 1700s British "Brown Bess" musket or a US M-1841 "Mississippi" ramrod-tip. (Which may have been what Dust-Devil meant when he said "roundball starter.") I agree with HuntinDog, and others who later said ramrod-tip.

 

[A2coins]

Hmmmm

 

[Ripcon]

Thanks for the input. Pete, I believe you have nailed it!

 

[fyrffytr1]

Others nailed it but Pete confirmed and elaborated on it. I hope he and his vast knowledge is still here after I am gone.

 

[Ripcon]

Others nailed it but Pete confirmed and elaborated on it. I hope he and his vast knowledge is still here after I am gone.

You're absolutely right. And thanks to all those that helped me get this identified.