Caltrop maybe????? Any ideas

[corben1120]

I found this on a 1700's rice plantation any ideas

 

[JOHUNT]

The elements haven't done this item any favors. It doesn't look very uniform, kind of like slag. Sorry I couldn't help more. Good luck on the ID.

 

[creskol]

Looks like an old kids playing jack, aka jackstone. Not a caltrop.

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[Jason in Enid]

I thought it looks like a playing jack too.

 

[smokeythecat]

My bet is on playing jack piece. I haven't seen one of them in centuries.

 

[HutSiteDigger]

A caltrop is meant too inflict serious injury too a foot, dont think this would inflict injury on anything not even a bird only thing i can see is a mushroom! good luck

 

[flyadive]

The jacks have it

http://www.threefeatherspewter.com/images/Toys and Games/Jacks.jpg

 

[relicmeister]

I'll go along with early Jack ( if that's what they were called then) I have found a couple Jacks that look pretty much like the modern
ones but they are Victorian era.