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5 hours ago, CPT_GhostLight said:

Possibly a guidon stake.

I had to google that ?

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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.

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I'm going with the New York Legion's Guidon staff point.

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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.

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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.

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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.?

 

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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.

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