NO CLUE WHAT THIS IS FOUND AT 1700's HOUSE SITE, IN THE WATER
hunting riverbank in front of remnants of colonial era house, my friend found this piece well preserved in the mud, no clue what it is, there are letters on it looks like biral??
Looks like a hinge stop for a door, not sure if those have existed very long but that's what it reminds me of, also I think it is upside down in photo, appears to read Jo_ng maybe?
thats the only pic of it he had, i thought it was some kinda weird door stopper but never seen one thats got engraving on it, and the only other items found were all old, musket balls, flat buttons...
I think I have it! It's a "pin" style door stop, meaning you removed one of the hinge pins and re - inserted it through the hole in the stop, then you adjusted the screw containing the rubber stop, to prevent the door handle from hitting the wall. Check out this link, Schlage 70 Hinge Pin Door Stop .....nge
Not sure what it is But a door stop it ain't! Seems like I've it before, Take it to the what isit page, I'll bet that Breezie or macky Don or one of the others there will pin it down.....HH
Obviously designed to screw into wood, I think that this would be the proper position for this item, and that the script on it says something like Johm G or John G .. anyhow the first letter is a J and the last a G
Creskol, thats what I thought to. Now that you flipped the picture and I can see the letters larger it almost looks like it is actually Jo. then two letters and a g, could be ing but jo. ing doesnt seem to make sense.