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Post  adrian ss Tue Oct 17, 2017 9:07 am

I have found a truck load of these thingys over the years and have never bothered to find out what they are. Rolling Eyes
So what is it?
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Post  mungoman Tue Oct 17, 2017 9:56 am

A cone, for the use of, dope smoking.
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Post  peterau Tue Oct 17, 2017 9:58 am

Hi, is the small end threaded on the inside, if so then it is a chance for a part of a peep sight for a rifle, if not then prob not

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Post  Flatlander Tue Oct 17, 2017 11:11 am

I could be wrong but it looks like what called a thimbal it used 4 hand sowing year ago so u don't wear end of finger out or when push needle through u don't P***k finger ive found heap at old camps

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Post  Guest Tue Oct 17, 2017 4:30 pm

Come on Adrian, we need more pictures, it's like asking what is on the dark side of the moon. Laughing

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Post  rockhunter62 Tue Oct 17, 2017 4:39 pm

I'll go with the cone of a chinese smoking pipe.

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Post  nanjim Tue Oct 17, 2017 6:31 pm

Cone.....

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Post  piston broke Tue Oct 17, 2017 9:21 pm

When I went to school, we used to call them "Rulers" Q25
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Post  the speciman Tue Oct 17, 2017 11:27 pm

its a cone and only a small one .
you would need three of them to get ya gold mojo on hey!!!!!!

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Post  adrian ss Wed Oct 18, 2017 7:42 am

Not threaded, is hollow and open at the pointy end.
These things are like little toy soldiers, I have found them bloody every place I have metal detected.
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Post  adrian ss Wed Oct 18, 2017 7:43 am

piston broke wrote:When I went to school, we used to call them "Rulers" Q25

Q07 Q12 Q24

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Post  Nightjar Wed Oct 18, 2017 10:33 am

Could they have been used for charging powder into muzzle loaders?







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Post  adrian ss Wed Oct 18, 2017 2:40 pm

mungoman wrote:A cone, for the use of, dope smoking.

Maybe?? It looks burnt at the pointy end. It is fairly small though.
Is made from brass.
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=chinese+pipe&rlz=1C1AOHY_en-GBAU708AU708&tbm=isch&source=iu&pf=m&ictx=1&fir=UWfkHIaFqOaaGM%253A%252CDYG33kd_obZdlM%252C_&usg=__UNwA704lXG0WjkiH2TdDXAbSM4I%3D&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj3reLUn_nWAhXDx1QKHYAyDeUQ9QEIKjAB#imgrc=UWfkHIaFqOaaGM:
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Post  AU10OZ Thu Nov 02, 2017 5:34 pm

Since you have found many, are they all exactly alike or are there different designs?
I am thinking that they are brass drawstring cord ends. I have seen lots of different designs all usually conical in shape.
I have found the odd one similar too and always thought that was what they were. You get modern ones in playgrounds and parks from off jacket drawstrings. It doesn't take much for the knot on the end of the cord to come undone, they are easily lost.

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Post  joe82 Fri Nov 03, 2017 7:41 am

T31 for sure

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Post  goldsak Fri Nov 03, 2017 8:28 pm

I wondered were I bloody dropped that in back 2003 when I was stoned as a mullet man, good day"

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Post  Guest Fri Nov 03, 2017 10:34 pm

You might be spot on with chinese smoking pipes. Were these found in great numbers in one area ? If so, you may have come across some extensive chinese diggings and the chances are that there would be more chinese relics and currency in that area that you haven`t found ,yet .

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Post  adrian ss Sun Nov 05, 2017 8:25 am

AU10OZ wrote:Since you have found many, are they all exactly alike or are there different designs?
I am thinking that they are brass drawstring cord ends.  I have seen lots of different designs all usually conical in shape.
I have found the odd one similar too and always thought that was what they were.  You get modern ones in playgrounds and parks from off jacket drawstrings.  It doesn't take much for the knot on the end of the cord to come undone, they are easily lost.  

Hmmmmm. Draw string cord ends??....Maybe. All are similar size. Some do not have a groove around the middle.
What would the early diggers have that would need a draw string? with brass knobs on Smile
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Post  Guest Mon Nov 06, 2017 5:27 pm

Interesting T10

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