Look What We Found Digging In The Yard. What Is It...Any Ideas?

[kschatey]

Nope, not magnetic. I guess I should of checked that first...

There is a small chip in it that may be a clue to what it's made of.

it is quite heavy for it's size. It's about 2 1/2" tall by 1" wide.

Metals like brass, bronze, and lead are not magnetic. Could still be a finial from a lamp or other fixture, fence, etc.

 

[smknron]

Yeah, it looks like a bottle stopper, but I would use it for a pipe tamper if that works. Its made out of steel so now I'm searching for an answer..

 

[scloyd]

Found this on Etsy

I'm leaning towards a bottle stopper.

 

[rajangan]

I concur with the bottle stopper theory. I doubt it's steel due to the lack of corrosion. Stick a magnet on it.

 

[scloyd]

I concur with the bottle stopper theory. I doubt it's steel due to the lack of corrosion. Stick a magnet on it.

It doesn't stick to a magnet.

 

[mikethompson]

Its clearly the stopper to a genie bottle. Did you find the bottle? Or the genie?

 

[gamzultovah]

I'm guessing that it's a finial, maybe from an old fence or iron bed.

+1

 

[mso489]

Nifty puzzle. I'm inclined against the finial idea because the item is so smoothed it doesn't have much decorative aspect from any distance. It is so uniformly smoothed, I tend to think it was a stopper, maybe for a large crockery jug, also the way the end is tapered just the way a stopper would be. If it is not magnetic, it could be lead; people weren't sensitive to its toxicity years ago. I remember my dad melting lead on the stove to pour into a bullet mold, just for sport, which may be what happened to my mathematical aptitude and SAT test scores in math.

 

[scloyd]

Its clearly the stopper to a genie bottle. Did you find the bottle? Or the genie?

Where's my shovel?

 

[3rdguy]

Screw it...I will give you $1000 !

 

[scloyd]

Screw it...I will give you $1000 !

SOLD! I only except PayPal Friends and Family.

 

[3rdguy]

Free shipping?

 

[mawnansmiff]

"Screw it...I will give you $1000 !"

I'll give you $2,000!!!

Regards,

Jay.?

 

[BarrelProof]

Nope, that’s my P&C order, y’all. Not only did they send it to the wrong address, they freaking buried it and it’s not even what I ordered...

 

[anantaandroscoggin]

My own immediate impression upon reading that it is made of metal is that it might be the pestle from a mortar-and-pestle set.

 

[anotherbob]

It's a 19th Century butt plug. BROBS can likely provide a lot more details.

actually that was my first thought except the BROBS part. I don't get any indication he swings that way or that it matters if he does except to his wife maybe. But back in those days butt plugs where sold as a way to fix constipation, no idea if that works or if that was just a way to make buying them while maintaining eye contact a bit easier. But it's about the right time for that to be what it actually is.

 

[scloyd]

Free shipping?

Sure, why not.

"Screw it...I will give you $1000 !"

I'll give you $2,000!!!

Regards,

Jay.?

Sorry Jay, I already made a deal with 3rdguy. I'm sure 3rdguy will sell it to you for $2000.

 

[Kozeman]

It doesn't stick to a magnet.

Could be cast iron.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

Trailer hitch for a Model T.

 

[mawnansmiff]

"Sorry Jay, I already made a deal with 3rdguy. I'm sure 3rdguy will sell it to you for $2000."

Bugger ?

Regards,

Jay.?