Slaughtering Hammer Head? - SOLVED

[Daddio53]

My son and I found this on a dig of a settlement in Colorado Springs, CO from around 1900-1906. They were building a castle for Queen Palmer, the spoiled Londoner wife of General William Palmer, the founder of Colorado Springs. There appeared to have been about 6-8 houses in the settlement which is now part of a park and living history museum. The castle is now a Christian Conference Center. We found so many strange looking iron objects along with a lot of crockery and pieces of dinner ware.

I have no idea of what this thing could be. It is tapered on the inside and has a set screw, which made me think it might be some sort of a hammer head. It has writing on the side that is encrusted. I tried to photograph it. It says "WEST*****0" "PATENTED". It is iron. ANy ideas would sure make me happy.

 

[Bridge End Farm]

Re: Slaughtering Hammer Head?

don't know but it did attach to something nice find

 

[RON (PA)]

Re: Slaughtering Hammer Head?

I have no clue what that could be. I have heard that some people take a paper and pencil and rub it on the relics to bring out details, dates, etc.. That might help to bring out the details that are missing.

 

[gnewt]

Re: Slaughtering Hammer Head?

Looks like some of the hardware off a windmill water pump. the pump rods
would have been wood and gone. Gnewt

 

[relic lover]

Re: Slaughtering Hammer Head?

bell gonger

 

[Old River]

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This is a bull horm weight. It was placed on the end of the horns to make the horn grow in a downward direction. We used these on the form in Mississippi.

 

[Old River]

Re: Slaughtering Hammer Head?

Just happened to have one of the weights that my old Dad used back in Mississippi when I was a kid. I'm 63 now.

 

[Montana Jim]

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Excellent ID!

 

[PBK]

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Well done, Old River!

 

[mojjax]

Good Job , Old River ! Here it is in an old dairy catalog I have .

 

[Angelo]

I'll be damned!

I'll be 65 this year and I can't believe that a 63 year old kid beat me to the identification.

Nice job punk!

Tony

 

[Bridge End Farm]

85 cents a pair lol

 

[Old River]

There's a little bit of young in all of us, LOL, I'm glad I could help.