Unknown Revolutionary War Battlefield Find

[pjroo33]

Searched the site of a large Revolutionary War battle and came upon this. I have no idea what it is. It just doesn't look like any farm equipment that I've seen. Found some small musket balls in the same vicinity. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

[CRUSADER]

Looks a little like the post medieval pike ends. But I'm not sure they used them in the US??

I also thought it looked a little like a boating hook??

WAGs

 

[pjroo33]

Looks a little like the post medieval pike ends. But I'm not sure they used them in the US??

I also thought it looked a little like a boating hook??

WAGs

I thought boat hook possibly. Were pike ends used during the Revolutionary War? It definitely looks as though it would have been driven into some type of wood by the way it is notched out on the long end.

 

[cival war hunter 2 !]

Small sesirs.

 

[mojjax]

Or maybe it's an Ice Harvesting tool .

 

[dex378]

Its a fire poker. You know your tools next to your fireplace? Its used for moving logs and coals around. The handle is missing.

 

[Gypsy Heart]

pike head ...early 1798
I think the Swiss used these the most

 

[CRUSADER]

Its a fire poker. You know your tools next to your fireplace? Its used for moving logs and coals around. The handle is missing.

I think your right

 

[pjroo33]

Its a fire poker. You know your tools next to your fireplace? Its used for moving logs and coals around. The handle is missing.

I think your right

I wouldn't think a fire poker would have a wooden handle? Do you think the handle was also iron? It seems like a fire poker would be one long piece of iron rather than a seperate head?

 

[Gypsy Heart]

I dont think its a poker....the handle would have been iron also and much longer....they werent made of wood then, som e had brass handles but this looks hand forged and too early

 

[CRUSADER]

Its a fire poker. You know your tools next to your fireplace? Its used for moving logs and coals around. The handle is missing.

I think your right

I wouldn't think a fire poker would have a wooden handle? Do you think the handle was also iron? It seems like a fire poker would be one long piece of iron rather than a seperate head?

this one is sending me in a spin. good point, well made

 

[pjroo33]

Here are a couple items found within 20 or 30 yards of the first "whats it"

 

[CRUSADER]

If it were a weapon of some type, I would expect the metal to be more steel like. Because yours looks mostly iron I think that its probably civilian related. Maybe farm yard related??

 

[hollowpointred]

was there ever logging in the area? it kinda looks like a logging tool to me.

 

[pjroo33]

was there ever logging in the area? it kinda looks like a logging tool to me.

I see no record of the area being anything other than farmland as far back as the 1870's. Before that, I don't know. A large concentration of fighting took place here during the Revolution. That I know for sure.

 

[mojjax]

Or maybe it's an Ice Harvesting tool .

Here is an ice hook .

http://images.google.com/imgres?img...um=1&hl=en&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2003-36,GGLD:en&sa=N

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Heck ..If I had been fighting in the 1812 war...I would have used anything I could as a weapon...fire poker,log tool,pike, rock....LOL

 

[baspinall]

Aaron did you find that the other day? The musket balls as well?

Brian

 

[pjroo33]

Aaron did you find that the other day? The musket balls as well?

Brian

No... Got them Sunday morning down this way.

 

[Johnny Bravo]

Sure is an interesting piece. Most similar looking thing I can think of is a pike pole, for logging or fire fighting.