Maybe something or nothing?

[DetectorMoe]

I found this at a 1800s site. Any idea? That hook look thingy part makes it look really old?

 

[GoldieLocks]

Conveyor Belt Meat Hook?

I think it is a sort of steel meat/beef processing hook. Was this by chance on a conveyer-like belt, maybe on a dairy farm?

 

[ticndig]

maybe a single tree hook

 

[fyrffytr1]

It looks decorative, even under all that crud. Is it iron?

 

[DetectorMoe]

I think it is a sort of steel meat/beef processing hook. Was this by chance on a conveyer-like belt, maybe on a dairy farm?

At a early 1800s site.. a little ways from the homesite in a patch of iron.. The whole area is in the woods..

 

[DetectorMoe]

It looks decorative, even under all that crud. Is it iron?

Yes..

 

[DetectorMoe]

Could it be a candle holder?

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

I like ticndig's suggestion, possibly the end of a scale weight, may have been used in a barn.

"At a early 1800s site.. a little ways from the homesite in a patch of iron.. The whole area is in the woods."

Your site wouldn't have been in the woods 100+ years ago, the land would likely have been cleared and being farmed back then.

Dave