Need help on identifying!!!!

[Ltmagnum]

Well the other day i went by an antique store that i have been to many times and have become friends with over the years. The store is an old train depot that has been converted to his store. I got to talking to him and he hands me the object below and tells me about how he let a kid in the area metal detect under the old depot which this kid unearthed this object. The top has been cleaned up to remove some corrosion and it appears to be copper or brass. Also the top is threaded to screw onto something.

 

[ARC]

A bad rendition in the metal arts of a pot leaf ?

 

[kingskid1611]

Looks like one of them metal rooster foot. Made for a large metal rooster that is a garden ornament. The top of the foot would have inserted into the legs. That is just a guess.

 

[Ltmagnum]

We were thinking it could be a rooster foot but maybe for some kind of candle holder. Your idea of a giant rooster is a good idea but ive never heard of one being made of copper or brass before.

 

[OWK]

There's too many.... Ah say, there's too many TOES boy...

 

[GA_Boy]

Put a handle on it and use the hook to remove the lids on your wood stove and the foot to stoke the fire?

 

[Z.K.]

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There's too many.... Ah say, there's too many TOES boy...

This was the funniest thing I've read in weeks. Thanks!

 

[johackman5254]

that was anchor bolt

 

[OWK]

This was the funniest thing I've read in weeks. Thanks!

Thanks... I like to make people smile.

 

[Nortonics]

That is a crow's foot electrode for a antique copper sulfate battery - used to power antique radios around 1900.

 

[Dust Eater]

That is a crow's foot electrode for a antique copper sulfate battery - used to power antique radios around 1900.

^this

 

[Ltmagnum]

That is a crow's foot electrode for a antique copper sulfate battery - used to power antique radios around 1900.

You sir are an archaeologist for that one.

 

[GA_Boy]

That is a crow's foot electrode for a antique copper sulfate battery - used to power antique radios around 1900.

 

[Nortonics]

The top has been cleaned up to remove some corrosion and it appears to be copper or brass.

Solid Zinc (except for that copper tip) - that should cover you for a months worth of pennys...

The first time I ever saw one of these (in use, no less) was a pair of these batteries powering a spark-gap transmitter (one of the earliest wireless devices ever) at a wireless museum near my hometown here in MN. The batts are underneath the table and can't be seen in this vid, but I tell ya what, when he hits the morse key to transmit it's so loud you don't dare get within a foot or two of that thing. Very powerful for what they are:



Antique and HAM radios have been in my blood longer than MD'ing.