Old confederate camp site help ID
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Tony in SC
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Looks like a spike, used with a wedge to split rails. Tony
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pistol-pete
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There is a lot of these punches around here. Used in mining here in the 1880's to drive into rock cracks to pry them apart in this mining area. Same pointed punch/driver as you have, but I'm sure there could also be other uses for them.
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If the inside of tube is hollow it maybe a Iron Grip or Support from a Wooden Pole.
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