cooper pipe

[headhunter7]

anyone have ideas about this pipe? it was found in a corn field where we have found a lot of artifacts. Thanks

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Did you mean Copper Pipe?

If it is indeed made of copper it's the first one I've ever seen made from copper. You would that being metal it would get way to hot to hold while you were smoking it and if the heat got to intense it might melt or deform the Pipe. Maybe it's not actually a Pipe, though I have to admit it sure looks like one.

 

[larson1951]

is it part of a moonshine still??

 

[The Grim Reaper]

is it part of a moonshine still??

Never thought of that and it a very distinct possibilty it is. Good call Steve.

 

[joshuaream]

How is the copper joined together? If it is soldered, then it at the earliest it would be a historic trade item. If it is just rolled, then it could be earlier but I'm not sure rolled would work for a pipe unless the edge is really folded over and sealed. Use a magnifying glass and look at the seam.

Maybe it is part of an old shine still, but it almost looks too well made for that. There is kind of the romantic notion of ornate copper stills pumping out bourbon in mason jars, but most of the stills were put together from junk and used old rubber tubes or strait plumbing pipe instead of relatively carefully crafted pieces and the shine comes in an old Tide Bleach bottle or a Mt. Dew bottle if the shiner has a sense of history.

If I found it, it would go in a frame.

 

[headhunter7]

sorry yes i did mean copper pipe...it was really late when i posted this last night...anyway there was actually tobacco still in this pipe when we found it....and i say we because i actually found this pipe one weekend and carried it for about 15 min. and thought well i doubt this was a Indian pipe because it look like copper...well the very next weekend we went back to this same place and a buddy of mine picked it up. when we all got to the car to share our finds he pulled this out of his pocket...i just started laughing and said that's funny i found that last weekend but put it back down...yeah he gave me hell for a few days over that and still does to this day....but had only been hunting this stuff for about a month and didn't know any better so.... we were maybe thinking it could have been a trade piece? thanks for the replys guys

 

[littlekan]

I would think it might have been a farmers because it has been soldered. You can clearly see that in the third pic. But still I could never leave a pipe looking object laying anywhere so I put it in my pocket. I'm still trying to figure out which one of us is the true owner since Erich uncovered it. I still wonder if I would have found it if he hadn't ? Any Ideas And yes it did clearly did have tobacco and alot of dirt still in it when I cleaned it out.

 

[Tnmountains]

Could be a trade pipe. I do think that is possible. I have seen stone tube pipes that still had been found with tobacco still in them. We have hundreds of old stills around here and you mostly see old coiled copper and rivets and a mtn stone pit. We celebrated a deal the other day with a sip of corn from a jar. A mason jar is the norm.
Neat find. I would also try the copper and trade section on here. Those guys may dig them all the time or at least seen them.
Good luck,
TnMtns

 

[Jonzer]

Are there designs on the sides?
Also: are you sure that was tobacco left inside?
If so, could be just a piece of copper found and bent to smoke something.
It looks to me to have designs on it which might tell if it is indeed a pipe.

 

[headhunter7]

i posted this in the copper culture artifacts on here let's see if anyone there has any ideas...thanks for all the replys guys...very interesting stuff so far.