✅ SOLVED can anyone help me figure out what this could be

[jtw1313]

found this around a brass shotgun shell and a horseshoe

 

[Bryanhashemi]

Need size. Just put a coin by it

 

[bigfoot1]

I believe those were used in old logging operations etc..

 

[jtw1313]

how old and do you know what they are called so I can read about it

 

[bigfoot1]

old as mud...gonna be real tough to put a solid date as they went unchanged since there was iron.even modern equilivents are not that differant...cant remember the name...perhaps log ring

 

[Bryanhashemi]

Is it small? Large? Looks like something that would be hammered into the ground and the ring would be left showing to tie a rope or something similar to. But need size

 

[jtw1313]

Does all steel have that grainy look to it the horseshoe has same kind of steel im thinking blacksmith

 

[jtw1313]

the spike is about 4 inches it will fit in your hand it's not that big it's on a paper towel

 

[AC1955]

Can you put a coin next to it for size reference and take another picture, please? Thanks.

 

[bigfoot1]

at 4" I am confident of my first impression....they common in my forest,I have found several just like it,2 still in the log.used for many things

 

[Bryanhashemi]

Will agree with Bigfoot. At 4 inches his guess would be the best one

 

[GpSnoopy]

As well as logging uses, I believe these were also used as hitching post ring spikes, as well as just ring loops you hammered into beams, log walls or other wood in barns, sheds, fences etc. for hanging or tying things up.

The traditional lumbering "log dog" was more flattened for easier penetration, and also so you could hit it from the sides to remove it from log easily afterwards.

 

[BosnMate]

We used the "log dogs" on the mill pond to raft logs together. The dogs were driven into logs, and chains run through the hole, tying logs together in order to surround and corral loose logs into a raft. The pond at the mill I worked at was over 100 acres, so there were several rafts that stored different logs for various reasons. Your ring and spike looks more like it was intended to tie stock to. I'm not familiar with yarding logs with livestock, but I suppose the spike, more likely two spikes with rings could have been driven into a log for the purpose of hooking chain to them in order to yard logs to a landing. They also used a clamping thing that looked like really large ice tongs for the same purpose.