I am crafting a rustic clock as a present. I require some old cut nails for the faceplate design. To find the cut nails I require, I am hunting through a location of an old barn. The barn was around from 1850s to 1925. The barn was torched to make room for a Forever Green park, so there is a multitude of iron in the ground, including some whole cut nails.
I have found a variety of old iron artifacts besides nails. The following pictures are of an object I found the other day. It is 16 inch from end to end. It is a single piece of iron wire twisted and wound to perform a specific purpose.
It has no intrinsic value other than a piece of Americana. Not sure if it has a function for animal husbandry or not. It is not sturdy enough for a rug beater. Got any clue what it might have been used for?
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