Dug up in my backyard Can anyone identify for me?

[Crazylion]

My son found this a little over a foot down with my metal detector, it is 3x2 1/2 cast iron. Any thoughts on what it may be. I've exhausted hours searching on the web with nothing close?

 

[H-2 CHARLIE]

A farm spade or pc. off some machine ?

 

[bigfoot1]

its a replaceable tip for ripper implement

 

[Tenderfoot]

Looks like a replaceable tooth for an excavator or backhoe bucket

 

[Coin Head]

A tip for a tractor attachment

 

[Coin Head]

Or modern equipment

 

[bowwinkles]

Cast iron, should date it back to the horse drawn time. There was a implement called a hay buck which had wooden tines to slide up under the hay in the fields and on the ends of each tine there was a metal tip such as what is displayed in the picture. That would be my guess.

 

[Fletch88]

Excavator bucket wear part. It should be cast/forged steel and not cast iron (very brittle) since it is made to be more wear wear resistant than the softer metal the bucket is made of.

 

[Sandman]

Nice find.