🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Gun part or door handle ??

[Dismal Swampy]

I was thinking door handle but it's only 5" long and about 3/4" wide.
Looks blacksmith made.

Found way back in the woods about 5" down
No homesites near that i can find on any old maps

 

[DizzyDigger]

Looks hand forged, but far too robust to be a gun part, or even a door handle.

 

[Limitool]

Looks hand forged, but far too robust to be a gun part, or even a door handle.

Agreed..... And what application would require recessed screws...?

 

[Dismal Swampy]

I was thinking door handle but it's only 5" long and about 3/4" wide.
Looks blacksmith made.

Found way back in the woods about 5" down
No homesites near that i can find on any old maps

Looks hand forged, but far too robust to be a gun part, or even a door handle.

Here is another angle showing end point

 

[ncsuwolf]

Not sure about recessed screws, but my first guess is a piece of a tillage instrument. Perhaps off a cultivator.

 

[Gare]

Can you take more pictures with an item we can use to compare its size (Like a quarter next to it )

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Not sure about recessed screws, but my first guess is a piece of a tillage instrument. Perhaps off a cultivator.

This was my first thought as well, maybe a part from an old antique plow?

 

[Dismal Swampy]

Can you take more pictures with an item we can use to compare its size (Like a quarter next to it )

It's 5" long and around 3/4 " wide

 

[Dismal Swampy]

This was my first thought as well, maybe a part from an old antique plow?

Not in an area that was farmed . From what I have researched it's been timber / hunting land for last 150+ years so maybe something associated with lumber equipment.
somewhere near this area there was a large union campsite

 

[Almy]

Perhaps a wagon or sledge part.