✅ SOLVED Mystery item

[perdidogringo]

I also dug this item today which looks like it is the top of something that broke off. I was thinking the top of a bell, perhaps? Any other guesses? Found in suburban Chicago near a preserve which was first settled in the early 1830s.

 

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[DizzyDigger]

Interesting item, but I too am clueless..

 

[Mud Hut]

What does the end look like? Looks like a whistle.

 

[The Rebel]

Yep, pignose whistle.

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[perdidogringo]

What does the end look like? Looks like a whistle.

You got it! I cleaned it up a little more and got all the mud out and it is indeed a whistle (can't believe I didn't realize that right away!) . It even still works a little but you can see it was bent a little and maybe that's why the original owner tossed it. I'll have to research it to estimate how old it is.

 

[The Rebel]

I just updated my post to positively I'd it. Give it a good cleaning and see if it still whistles.

 

[perdidogringo]

I just updated my post to positively I'd it. Give it a good cleaning and see if it still whistles.

That's for the ID, Rebel!