✅ SOLVED What could this possibly be

[Randy769]

dug only about 1-2 inches on a steep slope I found this....very fragile looks very old but who knows. And what could it possibly be from

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

It appears to be a child's spinning Gyroscope toy. I had one like it when I was a kid. The distinctive "skeletal" six-pointed-star-within-a-circle is the primary identifying characteristic.

 

[creskol]

I have a hunch that what you have are the axle and bell remnants of an OLD cast iron bell toy.

 

[creskol]

I have a hunch that what you have are the axle and bell remnants of an OLD cast iron bell toy.

Something along these lines is what I'm thinking:

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Creskol's photos of an intact "cast-iron bell toy" show that his guess seems to be correct.

My guess that "it appears to be" a child's Gyroscope toy was based on the very-distinctive "skeletal 6-pointed star-inside-a-circle" form of the wheel on Randy769's find. I've never seen that very-distinctively elaborate form on anything but a Tedco (brand) Gyroscope-toy. See the photo below.

Randy769's find causes me to wonder if perhaps a toy manufacturer or a toy repairman used some surplus Gyroscope-toy wheels as the bell-toy's wheels.

 

[Randy769]

I will say solved...thanks to all.....I had no hopes of a guess on this one

Randy