Found By Old Railroad Bed

[lapplegate55@gmail.com]

Found this next to an abandoned railroad bed. It's approximately 8 inches long and made of copper. One end has a slight curve, but I'm not sure if it was made that way or if it was damaged. Any ideas what it might be?

 

[creskol]

Looks like an old soldering iron that would have originally had a wooden handle.

 

[lapplegate55@gmail.com]

Thanks, now that you mention it, I think I've seen one of those somewhere.

 

[unclemac]

kinda like this one...

 

[Tony in SC]

Looks like an old soldering iron that would have originally had a wooden handle.

If it is it's a very old one. In the late 1800's they started using a copper end on an iron shaft. Then again it could be part of a lightning rod? Tony

 

[taz42o]

Lightning rod.I think.

 

[lapplegate55@gmail.com]

If it is it's a very old one. In the late 1800's they started using a copper end on an iron shaft. Then again it could be part of a lightning rod? Tony

I'm not sure, but thanks.