What tis it?

nyiangelo · Nov 12, 2009

Sure hope someone has seen something like this before. I'm not sure what it is. What ever it was apart of was nicely decorated. You can see the tube, which I think is brass ,is not solid by the crease in it.

Woodland Detectors · Nov 12, 2009

I don't know. I have seen something similar to it though and cannot figure it out....Too much codeine cough medicine the Doc's got me on. ::)

It's very cool though. :thumbsup:

Woodland Detectors · Nov 12, 2009

Rando said:
4-H said:

I don't know. I have seen something similar to it though and cannot figure it out....Too much codeine cough medicine the Doc's got me on. It's very cool though.

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The cough medicine?

I knew you were going to say that. I've seen this before. nyiangelo I'm curious to see what it is

Gunny71 · Nov 12, 2009

Is the tube hollow?
My WAG- powderhorn neck.

johnnyi · Nov 12, 2009

angelo, that is one extremely neat find!!!! The odds are probably one in a zillion, but because seems nautical with the dolphin, and because it was a hollow tube, I'm wondering if it could possibly be part of a whistle of a style we're not familiar with. Can't wait until this one gets figured out!

72cheyenne · Nov 12, 2009

It looks as if something is broken off of the piece opposite of the serpent like creature. Could this be a piece or part of accoutrement? Sword hanger piece?

doublet2a · Nov 12, 2009

It looks as if something is broken off of the piece opposite of the serpent like creature. Could this be a piece or part of accoutrement? Sword hanger piece?

That's what I was thinking :icon_scratch:

Tim

Breezie · Nov 12, 2009

Bosun's whistle

LOL Rando on the cough meds.

johnnyi · Nov 12, 2009

Breezie said:
Bosun's whistle

Get well Rando.

Breezie, that's what I was getting at, a Boatwain's whistle of some sort, as it was found in Texas maybe Spanish, French, hung by the piece broken off, and with the dolphin on the bottom for decoration (doesn't seem to show wear on the inside loop to have been for suspension) . I can't find any examples of really old ones yet, just the ones of the style we're used to seeing with the plate along the pipe which holds the ball. Maybe a plate was brazed along this once. Anyway a hollow tube wouldn't be for supporting anything heavy... it's too weak. It's a long shot though if it is a whistle.