Metal Detecting Finds Today Possibly Hood Ornament

[Unitedstatesofamerica1]

The beads I found without a metal detector nice though still don't know what there are.

 

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[ARC]

In my opinion... I would not say this is a hood ornament...
More like a...
Lamp finial ?

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

In my opinion... I would not say this is a hood ornament...
More like a...
Lamp finial ?

Thats What I would guess too, I find tons of them...Cool find thou!

 

[unclemac]

why?...WHY do we find all those lamp finials!? What the heck is going on?...."oh, I just think I will unscrew this lamp finial and toss it in the woods!" There must be a new one EVERY week!

 

[SkaBa]

why?...WHY do we find all those lamp finials!? What the heck is going on?...."oh, I just think I will unscrew this lamp finial and toss it in the woods!" There must be a new one EVERY week!

How funny.

The same question about seeing single shoes on the side of the highway, there are hundreds of them.

 

[unclemac]

what gets me is gold coins and any silver for that matter. when I was a kid if I dropped a nickel I would have stayed until next week to find it...we always had enough to eat but spare gold coins were not something we had a lot of!

 

[BosnMate]

Kind of looks like an on and off valve handle for a Victorian gas stove/heater/lamp. Bone beads from the looks of them, and the brass bead could date back a ways, even be a trade bead,
except trade beads had large holes for stringing, more modern beads have small holes for stringing on wire etc.

 

[fyrffytr1]

What is the decorative piece made of?

 

[Unitedstatesofamerica1]

Probably brass or some type of other metal

 

[fyrffytr1]

Does a magnet stick to it? I am thinking it may be the top to a fireplace tool.

 

[Unitedstatesofamerica1]

No the magnet does not stick to it

 

[Ant]

Is the open end threaded?

 

[Unitedstatesofamerica1]

Yes the open end is threaded

 

[fyrffytr1]

I looked at the picture wrong and thought this piece was twice as big as it actually is. So, I don't think it is from a fireplace tool. I now think that it is some type of finial be it for a lamp or curtain rod or something else.

 

[Ant]

Then AARC is as close as it can be to being solved without an exact match IMO.

 

[ARC]

I might add... USA...
Your beads are bone and the other bead is base metal...
the are probably from a leather...OR wax linen beaded necklace of some sorts and are not old at all.
In my opinion... they look like they are from the old "Fimo Clay" necklace type of necklace.