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Any ideas what this is???
« on: November 28, 2016, 04:51:33 pm »
I actually found this with my metal detector a few years ago in Pennsylvania. Not exactly sure what the hell it is! It's metal and is approximately 1 1/4 inches. Please anyone...ideas??

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Re: Any ideas what this is???
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2016, 06:45:03 pm »
I have no clue !!  Can`t really tell what the shapes are !!  Its not a scythe nor a horseshoe or anything I am familiar with !!  But Rauville and KC are good with this type symbolism !!

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Re: Any ideas what this is???
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2016, 05:38:45 am »
Looks to me like it might be an antique “hitch pin”, ........ like so:


Antique Trailer Hitch Pin with Mushroom Head

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Re: Any ideas what this is???
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2016, 10:19:17 am »
My first thought would be from some type of musical instrument? Tuning peg for an Autoharp? (That "horseshoe" shape kind of reminds me of one.)


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Re: Any ideas what this is???
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2016, 02:34:14 pm »
Welp...it is a pin of some sorts.  Could be a punch.  The maker appears to be C Co if you turn it up!  (Not a horseshoe)
Does that appear to be a ladder behind the C's?

What kind of area did you find it at?  Previous housing/homestead? industrial? military?
« Last Edit: November 29, 2016, 02:41:21 pm by KC »
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Re: Any ideas what this is???
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2016, 02:52:48 pm »
Could it be something related to the Colebrook Iron Company of PA ?

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Re: Any ideas what this is???
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2016, 11:05:16 pm »
Ipcress, isn't that the Colebrookdale Iron Company?
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Re: Any ideas what this is???
« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2016, 03:16:31 am »
Don't know, but there's mention of Colebrook Iron Company on the net, as well as Colebrookdale. I'm just looking at the initials on this thing " C I Co "

Could be I C Co but that had fewer hits, unless it's supposed to be an old J, in which case it could be related to cannons.

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Re: Any ideas what this is???
« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2016, 11:35:23 pm »
Ipcress can you make out what the initials are "made of"?  I can't enlarge it enough without blurring it.
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Re: Any ideas what this is???
« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2016, 05:22:42 am »
The "C's" look like a couple "bent" nails/spikes and the other figure looks like a castle or bridge "tower".


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Re: Any ideas what this is???
« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2016, 05:23:27 am »
Made of ? They're in relief, with incised lines creating a hatching style effect.

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Re: Any ideas what this is???
« Reply #11 on: December 01, 2016, 05:27:37 am »
Right, ..... it is a "cast" or "stamped" metal pin.

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Re: Any ideas what this is???
« Reply #12 on: December 01, 2016, 04:10:48 pm »
I did a poor job of explaining/asking what my brain was trying to say.  (Cogar you got drift initially.) Let me try again...

What do letters look like under a magnifying glass?  Is the "l" made in the resemblance of a railroad track? A Ladder? An oil derrick? etc.

What do the C's look like?  A fish? A snake/asp?
« Last Edit: December 01, 2016, 04:27:29 pm by KC »
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Re: Any ideas what this is???
« Reply #13 on: December 01, 2016, 07:32:09 pm »
Because the ends are splayed I assumed it was a ladder,, but no idea about the spikes !!

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Re: Any ideas what this is???
« Reply #14 on: December 02, 2016, 03:59:26 am »
The C is identical to that used by Colebrookdale but the caveat would be that other companies would have also used a single serif.