Drive by whats it

CoilyGirl · Mar 16, 2016

Drive by what's it

Dug this a few hours ago,!Looks and feels to be solid brass and found in an area where old homes were and Civil War action was seen. I'll most likely check in tomorrow morning,this ole gal is tirrreedd!

CoilyGirl · Mar 17, 2016

I posted this last night,hope it's okay to bump threads.

Carolina Tom · Mar 17, 2016

Hey CG... I have found a couple of them, at older sites, but don't know what they are... sorry. Best of luck on the ID.

vhs07 · Mar 17, 2016

It's from the inside of an early strain relief clamp like these new ones here;

CoilyGirl · Mar 17, 2016

vhs07 said:
It's from the inside of an early strain relief clamp like these new ones here;
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I'll have to Google that vhs,thanks unless you can 'splain it to me in easy to understand words,lol.

vhs07 · Mar 17, 2016

I should of called it a wedge clamp. A wire runs thru it and the harder it's pulled,
the tighter it grips. It's used where a wire enters a house or barn to take the weight
and tension off the part that goes into the house. Otherwise, snow, ice or wind would
pull the wire back out of the house. Your piece is what provided a grip.