Is this some sort of old leveling tool?
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While digging way down deep in my garden close to my house to find out why I could never get plants to grow there, I found this tool (?) about 3 1/2 - 4 feet down....next to an independent cement slab about 3 feet square! My house was built in the early -mid 50's. Can anyone tell me what it is or what it was used for?
21 answers
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it is a plumb bob
Peppi
on Aug 06, 2015
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Without having it in my hands and being able to look at it closely...it almost looks like it could be a 'point' from an old farm cultivator. Do you live in an area that used to be farm ground years ago? My dad was a farmer who grew pinto and pink beans. I remember helping him replace the points on the cultivator every other year or so when they would become worn and dull. That's just my guess, but now I think it is interesting 'yard art!'
EdiLeck
on Aug 06, 2015
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My husband says this probably is a dog for logging it has the hook that will hook onto the logs in a pond and then you put towards you with the cable in the eye of the that you see I hope this helps.
Sherilyn
on Aug 06, 2015
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" it is a plumb bob" : that was my first thought, too.
Iberkeley
on Aug 06, 2015
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this is part of a sickle bar on a mowing machine. The moveable part of the blade runs through this part to cut the hay.
See2047239
on Aug 06, 2015
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It looks like part of a fireplace blower to me...you know, with the accordian-pleated part that blows to make the fire catch.
Victoria
on Aug 07, 2015
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I believe it is a tooth off of an old fashion side grass cutter
Steve
on Aug 07, 2015
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sickle bar blade guard
Julie Aamot
on Aug 07, 2015
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Kind of looks like a plumb bob to me
Claudia Pleskach
on Aug 07, 2015
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Looks like a plumb bob to me as well.
Stephanie McCullers
on Aug 07, 2015
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That maks three of us, it looks like a plumb bob to me as well.
Pat Lindau
on Aug 07, 2015
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It looks like a sickle bar blade guard to me. You see them in pairs usually but that is exactly what it looks like. The more I look at it the more sure I am. Look it up on Google under Antique Sickle Bar Blade Guard and look at the Images.
Elizabeth Ellsworth
on Aug 07, 2015
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It's a tooth from the missing link. :)
Paul Gauthier
on Aug 07, 2015
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I' m with the others... Plumb bob!
Karen Coleman
on Aug 07, 2015
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Plumb bob
Sue Kopp
on Aug 07, 2015
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Sickle cutter blade guard.
Linda
on Aug 07, 2015
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Guard off of sickle bar mower.
Mai991992
on Aug 07, 2015
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Thank you all so much! It IS a part of a sickle mower! I, too, thought it was some kind of plumb bob. Thank you for the link, Angela!
Nola Baker-Ramirez
on Aug 07, 2015
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sickle bar mower guard----i fell on one of these once and it wasn't fun!
Renee
on Aug 10, 2015
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Hi there, we stay on a farm on the West Coast of Cape Town, South Africa and we've also found many of these on the farm. These are tent pegs, the tent support rope was tied through the hole and then the peg was hammered into the ground to keep the rope tight.
Nicky Roberts
on Aug 11, 2015
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Looks just like a plumb bob, but it's probably not. Only history will tell us.
UpState
on Jun 13, 2016
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