🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Old pan/pot?

[Groundhogg]

Out scouting a new permission and found this in the old dump site behind the house. Found in middle TN. It's about 7 3/4 inches wide by 2 1/4 inches in depth. Number 673 stamped on the bottom. Heavy for it's size. Thanks for looking.

 

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[Blackfoot58]

Out scouting a new permission and found this in the old dump site behind the house. Found in middle TN. It's about 7 3/4 inches wide by 2 1/4 inches in depth. Number 673 stamped on the bottom. Heavy for it's size. Thanks for looking.

Not sure. It looks like it probably had a lid that was held in place by the bail handle when “up.” At first I thought it resembled part of a mess kit, but appears too heavy to have been carried by a person hiking/marching.

 

[GDub62]

I'm guessing meant to hang over open fire or fireplace, with hole in handle and no legs. Cool looking

 

[Blackfoot58]

I'm guessing meant to hang over open fire or fireplace, with hole in handle and no legs. Cool looking

No legs can also mean it would sit flat in a wood stove top.

 

[Groundhogg]

I'm guessing meant to hang over open fire or fireplace, with hole in handle and no legs. Cool looking

No legs but the bottom is recessed leaving a 1/4 inch rim around the outside and a "channel" around the inside. The channel reminds me of one of those pans that collects the grease while cooking.

 

[Groundhogg]

No legs can also mean it would sit flat in a wood stove top.

No legs but the bottom is recessed leaving a 1/4 inch rim around the outside and a "channel" around the inside. The channel reminds me of one of those pans that collects the grease while cooking.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Reminds me of an outdoor ashtray that hung on a cast iron stand, the ashtray was filled with sand.