no idea but mason shape on it

[junkhunter]

This came out of old road near a ghost town I am looking for.All brass accept rotted leather or rubber around screw head.And spring loaded for stamping or some kinda impact. The symbol on base looks sort of like a mason symbol.Most just wondering what it is.

 

[dirtlooter]

no idea but sure looks interesting

 

[Garrett424]

Looks like some type of die, possibly for for some type of punch press.

Could have been used to stamp or emboss the Mason image onto something, possibly metal, paper or wood. That's just a guess but I work with printing dies of all kinds and to me, it looks like a die. If there were more detail you could see if the image area was in reverse but I can't tell from the pic.

I have no clue what machine would use it. I've never seen a spring loaded die but it has to fit something.