🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Copper guide of some sort?

[cudamark]

Both the tube and base are fairly thick gauge heavy duty copper and soldiered together. I can't bend one of those ears by hand without some pliers. A guide for a cable? wire?

 

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[Sandog]

Early fishing line guide?

 

[cudamark]

Maybe, but, it sure would be a big heavy one. Found inland on a horse ranch, no where near the coast.

 

[traveller777]

How about a vintage napkin ring.

 

[DCMatt]

Early fishing line guide?

Size and location notwithstanding... That's what it looks like...

 

[traveller777]

I think DCMatt may have it.

 

[GoldieLocks]

something for wrapping thread around and using for sewing in the 1900-1939?

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

My first thought was part of a ramrod guide from a musket, but I'm also thinking it's too thick and heavy for a fishing line guide?

 

[cudamark]

Looks like a line guide on a fishing pole, but, it would be one heavy deep sea pole with guides like that!

 

[Older The Better]

My interpretation isn’t ramrod, the flare on each end, to me, says something was meant to pass through in both directions, fishing line was a good thought If it really is too heavy for that maybe rope or something was meant to pass through it, or if it attached to something that slid back and forth on a rope