Any ideas what this is???

[lleffler]

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??

[mart]

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 !!

[cogar]

Looks to me like it might be an antique “hitch pin”, ........ like so:


Antique Trailer Hitch Pin with Mushroom Head

[Rauville]

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.)

[KC]

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?

[Ipcress]

Could it be something related to the Colebrook Iron Company of PA ?

[KC]

Ipcress, isn't that the Colebrookdale Iron Company?

[Ipcress]

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.

[KC]

Ipcress can you make out what the initials are "made of"?  I can't enlarge it enough without blurring it.

[cogar]

The "C's" look like a couple "bent" nails/spikes and the other figure looks like a castle or bridge "tower".

[Ipcress]

Made of ? They're in relief, with incised lines creating a hatching style effect.

[cogar]

Right, ..... it is a "cast" or "stamped" metal pin.

[KC]

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?

[mart]

Because the ends are splayed I assumed it was a ladder,, but no idea about the spikes !!

[Ipcress]

The C is identical to that used by Colebrookdale but the caveat would be that other companies would have also used a single serif.