Iron Relic found at Confederate Virginia site - What could it be?

[ATpro5]

Hello everyone, I found this iron thing-ama-jig at a site that is supposedly connected to confederate cavalry. Seeing how I found a ton of blacksmith made horseshoes, and I mean a ton, i'm guessing that assumption is spot on. Although I do not know what this thing really is, it has sparked my interest so I was hoping someone with some experience could tell me. For some reason, when I look at it I automatically think of a drill... The end of it looks like it was inserted into the tool... kind of like a drill bit, But I don't know. Did they even have drills in the civil war Hopefully someone tells me its a Rare drill used on cannons which only 2 are known to exist, andddd is worth around $5,000. Haha! Thanks in advance. Oh and also, I cleaned it with an steel brush and finished it off with some oil.

 

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[ARC]

Horse bit was my first thought!

We know how you English think...
Livestock first... :P

Horses... sheep :P

 

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[CRUSADER]

We know how you English think...
Livestock first... :P

Horses... sheep :P

Nearly right, but thats the Welsh.

 

[creskol]

I was asked by a member to voice my opinion on this item, so, in my opinion, that is a very old Spanish/Mexican bit with cannon (mouth piece) rollers. The rollers are missing on the lower cannon as shown in the photo.

Here is the bit similar to the one I was referring to. Looks pretty darned close to me..not exact .. but pretty close.

 

[Mud Hut]

Nice bit! I like that!