✅ SOLVED Mystery item of the day

[Carolinabusguy]

I don?t think it is much but anything I dig with numbers or letters makes me want to find out what it is lol. Any help much appreciated pretty heavy piece BY-5731 , diamond with a D , any guesses

 

[Joseph2867]

You must be near an old cotton mill. That logo or mark is from a Draper Loom. Im in north Georgia and live 50 yards from a 180 year old cotton mill and ive dug my share of Draper components over the years. Hundreds of individual components like that one you have there. If I remember right he was the man that brought in automation to the machine around 1900. Mt. Vernon Ware Shoals is the mills cohort in cotton manufacturing.

 

[Carolinabusguy]

You must be near an old cotton mill. That logo or mark is from a Draper Loom. Im in north Georgia and live 50 yards from a 180 year old cotton mill and ive dug my share of Draper components over the years. Hundreds of individual components like that one you have there. If I remember right he was the man that brought in automation to the machine around 1900. Mt. Vernon Ware Shoals is the mills cohort in cotton manufacturing.View attachment 1929594

Joe that is some awesome detective work and makes complete sense now. I dont know if you saw my most earlier this week where I found a Henry River Mill Village coin, and yep you guessed it they early 1900's they primarily made cotton yarn!. Thanks fr the help turns out to be a better piece than I thought. The two will display together