✅ SOLVED Found this today in South Jersey. Any help would be appreciated

[JohnnyMac]

3 1/2 inches long. Hollow. Seems to have at one time held an sharp edge.

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[Fourman110]

Maple syrup tap maybe.

 

[1637]

that sure is cool.

 

[JohnnyMac]

3 1/2 inches long. Hollow. Seems to have at one time held an sharp edge. View attachment 2057412View attachment 2057413View attachment 2057414View attachment 2057415View attachment 2057416

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[BAW]

3 1/2 inches long. Hollow. Seems to have at one time held an sharp edge. View attachment 2057412View attachment 2057413View attachment 2057414View attachment 2057415View attachment 2057416

Looks like the lower ramrod thimble off a muzzleloading firearm. Do an image search for "ramrod thimble" to see similar examples.

 

[JohnnyMac]

Looks like the lower ramrod thimble off a muzzleloading firearm. Do an image search for "ramrod thimble" to see similar examples.

I you nailed it. Thanks. I sure picked alot of lead out of that field tofay too.

 

[smokeythecat]

It could easily be 18th century of War of 1812 period. Nice find.

 

[JohnnyMac]

It could easily be 18th century of War of 1812 period. Nice find.

Could be. The farm is colonial.. my finds date from the 1700s all the way up to modern day.