✅ SOLVED Strange find.not sure what it is tho.

[Colonial kid]

........i think they would of nailed it into wood to hang something on but not sure.anybody know what it is ..thanks for yr thought.s...about 1/4" wide at bottom

 

[Older The Better]

Looks a bit like a slightly mangled flint steel

 

[creskol]

It is a well used Hame hook that hooks into the ratchet block on wooden hame.