I found this near a pre-1872 cellar hole

mr helton · Apr 12, 2016

I found this today while metal detecting near a pre-1872 cellar hole. I believe this particular home was torn (or burned) down before 1900, but there were others in the vicinity, and people still walk around there today.
I'm not quite sure about the type of metal.

NOLA_Ken · Apr 12, 2016

Antique rope loop thimble?

kcm · Apr 12, 2016

Got it! It's a hanger bracket for Barbie's garden hose!! :laughing7:

finderskeepers · Apr 12, 2016

My brain went to rope/cable thimble/guide 1st also... except, have never seen the "ears" on more modern thimbles. Also wondering if rope strong enough to require a thimble could have been manufactured at that small a diameter back in that time period??

Now...Barbie garden hose hanger

One more beer and that's actually gonna seem pretty darn plausible.

mr helton · Apr 12, 2016

The rope loop thimble thing is interesting. I've never heard of those before. It doesn't look exactly like any that I found pictures of, but I can imagine it. It doesn't seem like it loops around in enough of a circle but maybe they were different way back or maybe it was something else yet.

tamrock · Apr 13, 2016

Just a guess, but maybe a maple syrup tree tap? Seems they're a few different designs of these things and it looks like a bucket could be hung on it.??

kcm · Apr 13, 2016

tamrock said:
Just a guess, but maybe a maple syrup tree tap? Seems they're a few different designs of these things and it looks like a bucket could be hung on it.??

...I don't think Ken is gonna be too happy to hear that - not after the flack he got about the water hose being all over the lawn! :laughing7: