✅ SOLVED Whatzit found in the same hole as a barrel tap

[invent4hir]

Hi all, dug both of these from the same hole near a home built in SW Ohio prior to 1828 that burned down in 1944. The top artifact is a barrel tap. The bottom artifact is a hollow tube tapered towards one end with horizontal lines similar to the barrel tap. What is the bottom artifact and was it used with the barrel tap?

 

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[HuntinDog]

Looks to me to be a broken off barrel tap

 

[invent4hir]

HuntinDog, thanks a bunch! I'm going to mark this one solved.