rvpopeye Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 Is the river big enough to have been used for logging ? Poles with points like that were used to clear jams... might be one of those ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Bach Posted June 1 Author Share Posted June 1 5 hours ago, rvpopeye said: Is the river big enough to have been used for logging ? Poles with points like that were used to clear jams... might be one of those ? Howdy Popeye and thanks for commenting.No River pond or navigatable waterway and no logging per say.Thats why I felt that if it's a pike pole for a longboat or johnboat or logging show it is out of place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCR Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 I'm going with the New York Legion's Guidon staff point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Bach Posted June 1 Author Share Posted June 1 6 hours ago, JCR said: I'm going with the New York Legion's Guidon staff point. I like that too JCR! When I dug it out from under the Volkswagen sized boulder it had a special feel about it and still does. Pulled this old timer out of the same site today unfortunately it has nothing to say about itself. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCR Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 Ball buttons fit the same historical time frame and were almost always associated with military. Mostly Academy, Militia/Volunteers. I have dug a few. The usually have a Back mark. The raised back on yours is unusual. It also looks slightly oval instead of round. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 Yup yup Doc ! Never heard those poles called pikes . 🤔I would have thought "pokes" more appropriate though ! I was just guessing the big rocks were from a river , guess an old glacier could have been the source too? Probably both wrong.🙄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Bach Posted June 2 Author Share Posted June 2 3 hours ago, rvpopeye said: Yup yup Doc ! Never heard those poles called pikes . 🤔I would have thought "pokes" more appropriate though ! I was just guessing the big rocks were from a river , guess an old glacier could have been the source too? Probably both wrong.🙄 You're correct Popeye poke pole is the correct nomenclature. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 Cool Doc ! Maybe Pikes was a brand name ? Pikes Pokin' Poles 😉 I still have a lot to learn about this old stuff and guess that's not necessarily referring to finds only........🙄 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Bach Posted June 2 Author Share Posted June 2 30 minutes ago, rvpopeye said: Cool Doc ! Maybe Pikes was a brand name ? Pikes Pokin' Poles 😉 I still have a lot to learn about this old stuff and guess that's not necessarily referring to finds only........🙄 Pikes Pokin Poles? That sounds perverse Popeye! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge Runner Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 You can see for sure it had a wooden handle. Looking inside you can see the same type of a pin that you have in a shovel handle to keep it from pulling out . Being it’s hollow inside and not a solid point I don’t think it would take much of a beating . I guess that would depend on quality of the metal. Chuck 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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