What is this thing?

[history preserved]

Hey guys! So I found this a while ago at a second Seminole war site (1838-1842) the top of it is very crude and uneven, and it kind of looks like the top to an old bottle, but it's metal. Anyone know what it is?

 

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[kingskid1611]

Here is my guess....Part of a musical instrument. Blow piece for a trumpet or something similar....Just guessing. is it brass?

 

[mojjax]

I think it goes to where the pull cord comes out on a 1970 Toro riding lawn mower

 

[history preserved]

Here is my guess....Part of a musical instrument. Blow piece for a trumpet or something similar....Just guessing. is it brass?

I'm not sure what metal it is.

 

[mojjax]

Here's a picture of the other end

 

[jewelerguy]

I think it goes to where the pull cord comes out on a 1970 Toro riding lawn mower

I think mojjax nailed this one

 

[Tony in SC]

It does look like a rope grommet. I have one on an old outboard.

 

[mojjax]

This object would have baffled me a few days ago , but , yesterday my pull cord broke on my Toro . The hardest part was getting the cord through the grommet hole . After burning the end with a lighter and pulling it through with tweezers , I was able to get it through the hole . I guess I now have an intimate relationship with it .

 

[4x4x4]

.....gonna ad my cents..... Reminds me of an ironing water sprinkler top.....NOT discounting the pull rope guide !

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

good ID mojjax

 

[P.ALLEN]

Yeah it's either the motor pull or a really crappy mouthpiece

 

[ltd063]

Mojjax,
How in the hell?! lol. You must have a mind like Sheldon Cooper (Big Bang Theory) or you designed the 1970 Toro riding lawn mower.

 

[Icewing]

Bravo, I would have guessed part of a tire valve stem that had been cut off.

 

[history preserved]

Thanks guys!