HELP ID THIS RELIC FIND

[saraohyland]

Was out today relic hunting a farm field in Virginia. Colonial, revolutionary war, and civil war artifacts/relics are possible in this area.

You know the story, I was about to pack it in and reluctantly come home empty (save a few modern bullets and big iron). You know what they say, "you are only a swing away from making a discovery", so I decided to give it a few more swings and came across this relic. It immediately struck me as something old and possibly worthwhile. I thus went home with a relic and a mystery.

I love a mystery as it makes the day more worthwhile and I always learn something.

See pics below. To me, it looks like brass and has a green patina.

Any hunches, guesses, informed speculation, or empirical hypotheses are WELCOME

 

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[mick56]

How far below are the pics? I don't see anything.

 

[No gold in NY]

Are you teasing us?

 

[TomPA]

There is no reason for " hunches, guesses, informed speculation, or empirical hypotheses". Let's go with the facts. It's an unknown relic of unknown size and shape.

 

[digger460]

I'm In

 

[Carolina Tom]

There is no reason for " hunches, guesses, informed speculation, or empirical hypotheses". Let's go with the facts. It's an unknown relic of unknown size and shape.

Hardness test? Specific gravity? Weight and diameter?

OK, I will start: It is a reins guide, used on a horse drawn wagon/buggy.

 

[Red James Cash]

Thats one of the most rare and valuable finds you can make,the invisible ,whatchumacallit.

 

[Dug]

I'm from Missouri on this one.

 

[kenstein]

Welcome to Tnet. Apparently your pics didn't work. Looking forward to seeing them.

 

[lairmo]

Melted blob of brass just like the last time it was posted...

 

[digger460]

Hard to tell , but love the patina!

 

[Rogue Relic Hunter]

Hi everyone, someone copied and pasted my original post about this relic find under this alleged new member name. not sure why someone would do this, but PLEASE IGNORE THIS POSTING. thanks to the person on my original post who messaged and let me know!

the LINK to my ORIGINAL post is pasted below. someone is playing games, not sure why. ADMINS, could you please erase this thread, but allow people some time to see my post here. thanks. Scott

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/563447-help-id-relic.html#post5639769

 

[Rogue Relic Hunter]

I just figured out something else, the person who messaged me asking why my post was run again is the same person who posted it. ok fun is over now. lol. the name is below,
[h=1]saraohyland[/h]

 

[Rogue Relic Hunter]

Hardness test? Specific gravity? Weight and diameter?

OK, I will start: It is a reins guide, used on a horse drawn wagon/buggy.

hey tom, this is a hijacked thread i posted elsewhere. however i will answer you here. this thing is far too small for a reigns guide. also, most i have seen are circular at the one end. this is more of a partial hook. starting to accept the melted brass hypothesis.

 

[Rogue Relic Hunter]

There is no reason for " hunches, guesses, informed speculation, or empirical hypotheses". Let's go with the facts. It's an unknown relic of unknown size and shape.

empirical hypotheses do involve the "facts." guesses and hunches sometimes pan out to answers IMOP. plus, i always learn when someone posts something, for example the reigns guide below. made me do some research on reigns guides. also, beats the "congrats" responses.

 

[Carolina Tom]

hey tom, this is a hijacked thread i posted elsewhere. however i will answer you here. this thing is far too small for a reigns guide. also, most i have seen are circular at the one end. this is more of a partial hook. starting to accept the melted brass hypothesis.

I never saw the picture, didn't realize this was hijacked. "reins guide" was a random, stab in the dark guess.

I thought it was another one of those people that ask questions, and then disappear. I like it a lot better, now that I know that it's some kind of exciting intrigue!