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Moving on from some of the other drama on here to something much more dull:
Does anyone have any idea what this could have been part of? It was found maybe 1/2mi from McLean Spring on the slope of a bench.
Doesn’t look automotive. Possibly blacksmith made? But I’m no expert on those sorts of things.
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Looks to be cast rather than forged.
No idea what it is. Nice find.
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Interesting find. I cut out the object and did an image search on it. Maybe an iron hook? But that knobby bit sticking out on one side is strange. Almost like it's supposed to insert into a matching hole and the object rotates around that point. Or maybe it's just an artifact of the casting process.
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2025-01-18, 05:24 PM
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You sure find the neatest stuff out there! I haven't a clue as to what it is or its purpose, but possibly associated with a wagon or early auto. And it appears to have weathered very well. Oh, and thanks for turning down the temperature ...
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Dang. I was relying on DAW to solve this one for us .... I also tried doing the Google Image Search route and came up with some fun speculations, but nothing useful.
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Pretty! Nice find. I'm sure you know that there was an old route south from MacClean somewhat west of the current pavement. So maybe associated with wagon / horse travel along there, if that's where you found it (I'm not asking you to say that though!). I'd be happy to find something like that.
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C'mon folks, this is obviously a specially designed hook to catch trophy sized Pup Fish. It was forged prior to Death Valley being designated a national monument. Death Valley Scotty sponsored fishing tournaments and rented boats to sail down Salt Creek all the way to Lake Manly. Scotty's fingerprints are still visible on the flat part if you zoom in close enough. /s
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Maybe it's Scotty's beer can opener ...
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Hey DAW, you and Sherlock Holmes will certainly solve this mystery!
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2025-01-22, 11:40 PM
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I’ll just say that positioning on a bench slope, in sight of but not near, any of the old tracks out there was curious. Not a location I can imagine anyone taking a car or wagon. Horseback? Possibly. So the physical location was part of the mystery. Assuming a packrat didn’t haul it off from god knows where 100yrs ago.
I agree it looks cast not forged. And Brice’s reverse image search was closer than anything else I’ve seen.
Mystery remains until someone with appropriately weird specific knowledge comes forth.
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