Contestega or just another Wagon

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I found something similar to that and just thought it was an old Tent Stake the threaded end was throwing me off. I will be watching. Happy Hunting
 

If from a wagon it would be from a more modern wagon than a Conestoga, a Conestoga had a wooden axle that was tapered to the "arm"...e.g. the spindle that was clad with iron and the wooden wheel hub also had a cast iron sleeve, the axle arm didn't have a nut to retain the wheel, but instead had a linch pin to keep the wheel on the axle, this was similar on most all 19th century wagons.

 

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