Help WITH I.D.

[RELICDUDE07]

Went out today for a few hours and found what i think is a old thimble ,not for sure no top on it?A gun flint any guess on age? And the thing i like best ,some type of brass handle or toy top of some sort anyone find or seen one like this? Thanks for looking and any help..

 

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[dg39]

I think you have the top to part of a fire place set. Poker, tongs, etc.
DG

 

[PBK]

Hey, RD—

Some old thimbles were actually made open at the top. Others had a stone or ceramic inset which could be used for sharpening the needle. Yours might be either of those.

 

[RELICDUDE07]

Thanks pbk .. pleh, and dg39 I love finding the artifacts and i guess its up to me to get them ..No one else has been looking very much around me ,so i guess i have to save the stuff under the roads and out of the holes .. Before they cover it all up , and take it to the dump and its lost forever.. A top view of the thimble..Its the first one i have found like this I was hopeing maybe ,the one brass piece was a very old knife handle 1600 -1700s ?But it could be anything

 

[SgtSki in MI]

It looks like the finial from a lamp or part of a curtain rod to me.

HH,
SgtSki

 

[RELICDUDE07]

Thats a good guess, i thought that myself what ever it is i know its very old.. The brick road it was under has been there for a 150 yrs. and this was 3 ft. under it...

 

[DCMatt]

Brass finger guard. Used like a thimble but could be bent to adjust for finger size.

DCMatt

 

[Montana Jim]

Nice ID PBK and nice picture Matt... dang.

That "finial" looking thing... what is where your thumb in in the picture? Is it finished there? A hole? Broken?

 

[RELICDUDE07]

Its broken jim ,It has a v shape where its broke at the bottom ,and a small hole made in the top of it.. Thanks for the help.. Im not sure what it is Does anyone think it maybe a plumb-bob tool ?for building /hang from a string to get the exact distance when building.. from the hole in the top a string could have went in it .. it may just be, i found one on a old tool webpage , french plumb bobs , humm?

 

[Montana Jim]

Relicdude...

I do think it's a plumb-bob based on what I can see ... it was my first thought. Brass with the steel tip missing

http://www.oldtools.co.uk/tools/measuring/plumb.bobs/plumb.bobs.php

http://www.dutchtools.net/shop/index.php?cPath=79

http://www.gilai.com/scripts/more/to760-tools_levels-Levels-yes.html

 

[RELICDUDE07]

Yep ,thats where i found the pics..I think the tip may have rusted out over time.. Its hollow also, most plumb bobs i have used where always solid to help in the wind?Maybe it is a pirate knife handle , or 1920s curtain rod

 

[Bluezman]

Am I close? Bluezman

 

[leddel]

looks like the top knob to an old brass bed , i find them quite often at old colonial sites

 

[RELICDUDE07]

Bluezman ,what is that thing you have in your hand?Sure looks alot like the thing i found..Mine is hollow is that one? Heres another pic..

 

[Bluezman]

It's the handle of a fireplace tool. I took another picture of the whole tool (poker), but this old computer I'm using now isn't set up for my camera. My main computer's M.B. fried. So, if I can find the software for my camera (and make it work on this old hunk of junk) I'll post the pic. Bluezman

P.S. This one is solid.

 

[dg39]

Thats what I said in the first post, havent changed my mind.
DG

 

[sniffer]

I had a pool cue years ago that was designed to look like a cane. the knob part screwed into the main body of the handle.
looks very similar