Farmhouse find a copper whatisit

[Mifarmer]

Any idea what this is? It's made of copper

 

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[SkaBa]

Thimble.

 

[Tony in SC]

The end of a buggy tongue? Tony

 

[K1DDO1979]

Is it hollow and squished flat or just a flat single piece?

 

[CTwoods]

The end of a buggy tongue? Tony

It looks the right size for a buggy tongue tip, rather than the thimble in a pic I just took:

Buggy tips can vary in size, and larger ones on wagons. But they should be brass which wears better. All the tips I find have a spot worn through from the tongue dragging on the dirt when they push the buggy away from the horse. into the barn/ They also should have one small hole drilled on the side, for a screw to hold it to the wooden rail (this pic shows the worn spot, and some roots growing out of the screw hole)

run a file on it to see if copper color or a yellow-er color like brass

 

[Mifarmer]

It has been squashed flat. It looks as though it was round with a cupped bottom with a decretive stripe around it
No hole either