🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Found in field near southern Indian. Like to know more

[Amberlyadkin89]

This was found in a field in southern Indiana. It appears to be really old.

 

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[Gene Mean]

It could be a hitch pin for pulling farm equipment or a wagon. Give us a better idea of size.

 

[robertk]

It looks more like a big spike nail than a hitch pin to me. Hitch pins typically had less of a point and more of a "head" so it wouldn't fall through the hole in the hitch. But agree a size reference would help. Weird that the point looks pretty sharp in one view, but rounded on the other.

 

[pepperj]

I have found many over the years in fields.
Granted they're no as sharp looking as this one, but they're survey pins.
In field locations the pins are moved around from plowing etc...

 

[Gare]

Could they be used for splitting wood ?

 

[fishstick]

I'm with Pepper on this one, survey pin.

 

[ticndig]

I'm going with spike tooth harrow.

 

[CreekSide]

Quite a few good answers

 

[fishstick]

Agree. What kind of areas are you hunting fields, parks, house yards ? Might help us narrow it down for ya.

 

[fishstick]

Welcome to the site from one Hoosier to another

 

[Mud Hut]

I'm going with spike tooth harrow. View attachment 2191126

I agree! Good call!

 

[pepperj]

I'm going with spike tooth harrow. View attachment 2191126

Just a thought on these. The photo shows a very defined edge/point.
The spikes from a tooth harrow would have wear, and old enough this wear would be defined more on the one side.
Just thinking about it, that's all.
I guess it would help knowing the size of the item posted.

 

[pepperj]

This was found in a field in southern Indiana. It appears to be really old. View attachment 2191119View attachment 2191120View attachment 2191118

Can you provide measurements please

 

[Amberlyadkin89]

Welcome to the site from one Hoosier to another

Thank you friend!

 

[Amberlyadkin89]

I agree! Good call!

Mine is flat like a sword tip, dagger or knife blade would be. Here's what I found like it. And when I looked a hitch pin up I found nothing resembling what I have. The same for servey stakes nothing close. But when I google lens it this is what I get.

 

[fishstick]

Sure is smaller than first thgt so DEF not a survey pin. Was there anything else found with it?

 

[unclemac]

Mine is flat like a sword tip, dagger or knife blade would be. Here's what I found like it. And when I looked a hitch pin up I found nothing resembling what I have. The same for servey stakes nothing close. But when I google lens it this is what I get.

well.... so much for google lens!!

 

[ncsuwolf]

I'm going with spike tooth harrow.

We call them smoothing harrows, but similar. We have a “new” version (likely 75+) years old. Replaced the wood with steel. The teeth are bolted in. One of the tells on the teeth on a harrow is it being flat on one side, or sharpened to a 45 deg angle from dragging in the soil. They all (at least on ours) started life square, almost like a RR spike without the head.

 

[CreekSide]

Looks almost like a bayonet to me but I could be way off

 

[dognose]

agree it's old farm equipment spike for the fields.
i find all sort of broken tractor equipment like that.