Things that make you go Hmmm?

[68GTOFINDER]

Found this buried next to the Mississippi River on the bank. Not sure what it is though.

 

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[olroy70]

cinch buckle

 

[68GTOFINDER]

Cinch buckle? You mean for a belt?

 

[68GTOFINDER]

Cinch buckle? You mean for a belt?

This thing is like almost a foot long and weighs around a few pounds. Initial thought was it had something to do with docking boats

 

[68GTOFINDER]

It weighs a few pounds and is about a foot long. Initial thought it has something to do with docking boats

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

I found a couple of those on some old farm land, I thought it had something to do with Horses

 

[Sod Buster]

You pound the spike portion into the wharf/dock, and tie your boat off to the ring.

 

[68GTOFINDER]

Is it old? Is it just scrap ?

 

[DCMatt]

It is worth 5 cents a pound at the scrap yard.

Please put something in your pictures to indicate the size of the object in question. I also thought the piece was much smaller.

DCMatt

 

[BosnMate]

This thing is like almost a foot long and weighs around a few pounds. Initial thought was it had something to do with docking boats

To large for a cinch buckle, but looks like one. Like SodBuster said, probably for tying up a boat or rafting logs, although the log rafting ones I've seen are designed for easy removal, and I don't think your spike would pull out very easy.
These are cinch buckles, and are only about three inches across the center.

 

[BosnMate]

I found a couple of those on some old farm land, I thought it had something to do with Horses

You probably found cinch buckles, which some people also call the girth. Here's how a cinch buckle is used.

In the picture you can see the tongue of the buckle hanging down, and they tied the latigo with a knot at the top, but it gives you the idea how the buckle is used.

 

[coinman123]

Cinch/girth buckle (a girth and cinch are the same thing). I see those daily at the barn I board my horse at.

 

[Bryce Lind]

Looks like something that's either hammered into the ground or a tree and then a boat gets tethered to it.

 

[TravyLeigh]

Yep it's a buckle