Tether Hook?????

[Anonymous]

I found this relic off of the beaten path but still within city limits. I have found a couple of CW relics not too far from it. I have seen a similar picture in a relic book that shows one just like it but only half as long. Could this be a tether hook to allow a horse to graze and could it be from the CW period? Any help would be appreciated. <img src="/metal/html/shrug.gif" border=0 width=37 height=15 alt=":shrug"> <img src="/metal/html/help.gif" border=0 width=23 height=15 alt=":help"> <img src="/metal/html/confused.gif" border=0 width=15 height=22 alt=":?">
Scott
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[Anonymous]

Scott: My guess is a homemade gate hinge that would be hammered into a gate post and supports a gate.
Dave

 

[Anonymous]

Most likely your correct. These are found more so in CS camps and used as a rein holders in place of a picket pin. Would have been driven into tree's or stumps. Lots of stumps around when the army is camping. It takes a lot of wood to cook for hundreds or thousands of men, not to mention warming a cold night. Nice find, David @ Dixie <center><a href="http://www.dixie-metal-detectors.com"><img src="/metal/html/d-m.jpg"></center>