🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Found several

[demano]

Have found several of these at different sites. Always wondered what they are? Any info greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

[Mackaydon]

Vintage nail pulling tool??
Don in SoCal

 

[ticndig]

looks like copper with green patina.

 

[robertk]

Looks like a hook to me. Hammer the spiky part into a beam and you have a hook. Easy beginner blacksmith project.

 

[Jack873]

What's the thickness of the metal? It almost looks like it could be an arm from a set of tongs that would be use to pick up ice blocks or move large stones around.

 

[Red-Coat]

Since you've found a number of them at different locations, i think it might be a slate repair hook, used to replace broken or slipped roof slates as a simpler and less unsightly alternative to lead strapping. At their simplest, they’re just a piece of copper that’s thin enough to fit between the existing tiles, with a spike at one end to nail them into the roof timbers and a hook at the other end to wrap round the bottom of the slate being replaced. Like this, but older ones for heavier tiles may be substantially more robust.

 

[demano]

Pretty thin metal, I think maybe the clay tile hook seems plausible. Thanks for the help and info. Swing on.