First day out in a while

[jman774]

I haven't went out for probably a month now and today j went an it rained but for the couple hours I did get to detect, I found the usual junk and clad but these were the two unusual finds for the day, I know the one is a pin obviously, religious and it says "hong kong" on the back which is where it's made and that's all I know about it. This other thing, all I know is it says "Matthews 4 St. Louis" that's all I know. Any ideas guys? Thanks for any help and happy hunting.

 

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[GaRebel1861]

Looks to me that it is an electrical part used for grounding purposes and is likely made of brass. Not that old. JMO

 

[mangum]

Looks to me that it is an electrical part used for grounding purposes and is likely made of brass. Not that old. JMO

I agree, I've found 4 or 5 of them.

 

[scrapiron]

I sell electrical supplies it is whats called a split bolt or a kearney it is used to connect two wires togather

 

[Birky]

I agree, I've found 4 or 5 of them.

My father was a lineman for a local utility company and had those laying around in the garage, I used to play with them as a kid.

Not exactly sure of the application but they were used to join 2 pieces of wire together or something of the sort.

HH,
Chris

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds jman. FWIW - St. Matthew (one of the twelve Apostles) is the author of the first Gospel.

 

[Wildcat1750]

Bet it felt to get out again! Some interesting finds.