Found on and old farm

[mastereagle22]

Dug this thing up almost 10 inches deep. I have no clue as to what it is.

I think it is probably off a car or maybe a tractor. The inside of the hole is square.

 

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[irbaddadjoe]

Cover to an old push button doorbell.

 

[mastereagle22]

Did you notice the ruler in the picture??

That would be one big door!

 

[BioProfessor]

Or one LOUD bell.

Daryl

 

[anteater]

My first impression was maybe a hubcap from a wheel of a toy wagon; the holes around the edges would have held rivets; the axle went through the middle of course.

 

[CRUSADER]

Saxon Shield Boss.

 

[irbaddadjoe]

Oops! You know everything is bigger in Texas. .......sorry

 

[kevino1960]

looks like the bell housing from a PTO

 

[trikikiwi]

looks like the bell housing from a PTO

Hi Kev, I think unlikely a PTO with a square shaft but I agree, it looks like an engine part.

Cheers, Mike

 

[irbaddadjoe]

Flange for some sort of storage. Hole in center was probably threaded , 1" or 1 1/2". A nipple and a valve would screw into it. Looks similiar to gas wellhead or fire hydrant flanges.

 

[artemis moon]

Looks like top of an old "Johnny Pump" style fire hydrant to me

 

[BuckleBoy]

Wheel hub.

Regards,

Sofa King We Tawd Did

 

[Montana Jim]

Sofa King We Tawd Did

I have that on a sticky above my desk... I get someone every week and laugh my butt off!

 

[jonnyrebel00]

Flange for some sort of storage. Hole in center was probably threaded , 1" or 1 1/2". A nipple and a valve would screw into it. Looks similiar to gas wellhead or fire hydrant flanges.

I would agree with this. Maybe some sort of blind flange.

 

[jonnyrebel00]

got to thinking a bit more and maybe since u say it has a square hole it could have been some sort of diaphram housing for something with a square shaft. It does look like a standard 8 in flange though from the pics.

 

[wesfrye53]

Does the nipple on the top have threads on the outside? If so, it would allow some type of cap, some type of packing would be added, and it could then possibly be a fire hydrant cap.

 

[mastereagle22]

No threads, it is smooth. The shaft part is square I cleaned more dirt off.

 

[Tin Nugget]

Looks like a hub cover to an 8 lug axle on a tractor. Similar to this one from A Ford tractor.
http://vintagetractors.com/Resources/F1126.JPG

They are attached to the wheels like this one.
http://vintagetractors.com/Resources/26WHEEL1.JPG

 

[mastereagle22]

I think that may be exactly what it is. It is very heavy. I am keeping it until the end of the year, I will photograph it along with all my finds and then scrap it.

 

[AU24K]

Here's a wild and unsubstantiated guess...an engine et.al. part from a tractor or other agriculture machine from days gone by.
Scott