✅ SOLVED Curved iron thing. No idea

[JohnDee1]

Hey y’all, I dug this thing fairly recently. I had my discriminator up to avoid the nails, when I dug this. It’s iron, so the shape must’ve triggered it. Any ideas on what this might be? Thanks!

 

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[DCMatt]

I don't think it's rusty enough to be iron. More likely a heavy brass alloy. Is it broken on both ends?

 

[DCMatt]

Maybe...

 

[A2coins]

That's a great guess

 

[JohnDee1]

Thanks for the replies! I think your Id is as close as anything is to come to telling what this is. Makes sense since it’s near what might be the old entry to some structure. Thanks again!