Found Something Old and Bronze - What is it? Also War nickel, IH penny

[Tenspeed]

I was hunting at an 1805 home in the middle of my town yesterday and today that has been hunted by me and a friend before (we found 1901 Barber, buffalo, may teens and twenties Wheaties) and yesterday I found a brass object that no one that I know can identify.

It is a bust of a man with a threaded bottom for screwing on to something and a holed extension on the back for ?? (ring, chain). It has "Pat Applied For" on the back, and what many folks say looks like "England" on the left side of the mans head (I can't see the D on the end). It is very comfortable when gripped from above with two fingers.

Anybody have suggestions as to what it is? Google hasn't helped.

I have been hunting TTF with my 6x8 coil on my ETrac and swinging slowly to find these items.

Other finds from this yard are 1895 Indian Head (my first IH in 4.5 years), a 1944 P silver nickel, four Wheaties 2 teens and 2 twenties, and a copper flat button.

This yard has been good to me but I would really love to know what the bust is. It seems to me that it could be a plumbing fixture pull or something.

Thanks for any help you can give on ID for this item.

 

[skip_a_loo]

I think it's a Top for a Knocker stick (knocking on doors) short stick that was carried under the arm or arm pit or it's a Top for a walking stick

 

[Sovereignelite]

That's a cool find, even if unidentified! Definitely a keeper! HH!

 

[wvwildman]

nice finds congrats HH

 

[BadM0nkey]

Looks like some kind of finial. If it did not have the wire on the back I would say it was used to hold a lampshade in place.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

The brass deal is the gear shifter off a Conestoga wagon HEHEHE nope, way cool find though.

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Id say it is a tobacco pipe tamper that is my guess Very nice find! Rare to dig I think still looking for my first pipe tamper here.

P.S. If others agree with my ID I will say this is a plausible banner item.

 

[mangum]

I vote door knocker. I think DC Matt nailed it in the what is it forum. Nice finds Hardy!

 

[Erik in NJ]

DC Matt is almost always correct in his IDs of "What Is It?" items. My first impression was a door knocker too where the knocker part screwed into the bottom of the piece you found.

Nice find!