Rusty pointy thing found in France

[FrenchTreasure]

My neighbour found this in her back garden in France. It is 65mm / 2.5 inches long. The square shaped base is 15mm / half an inch across. It's very rusty.

 

[creskol]

Being as it was found in a garden, it makes sense that it is the point of an antique dibber.

 

[creskol]

PS: Welcome to the forum!

 

[namxat]

Hi,

WElcome to the Forum from my side, too.

These things are usually identfied as "lance shoe" or "ferrule". That means the thing on the non-point end of a spear or lance preventing it from splintering and enabling it to be rammed into the ground.

Myself I am always a bit sceptical since these things could be on any long wood object or pole to be rammed into the earth. If in a garden one could think about beanstalks and the like.



Greets

Namxat