What is it?

neverfear

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Father in Law found this in a field. Not certain as to what it is. Our best guess is a well point of some sort.
Any other guesses?
Measures 15" long, flutes on the sides are about 1/4" thick.
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Have you cleaned it up and found any markings on it, been scratching my head for hours over this, I have had an identical one in my hands decades ago but can't remember where or what it's for, I emailed the picture to a couple other guys to see if they can come up with an answer, does the "pipe" end appear to actually appear to be a pipe, do you think any of it is hollow, my grandfather had a brother that was a plumber who put in water wells and I'm wondering if what I remember holding in my hands could have been for that, if not it was on a farm, I hope someone comes up with something, you found a head scratcher.
 
Thanks for the ideas everyone. He's going to bring it with him next time he comes over so I can look at it closer and we'll try to clean it up and get some more details.

One last clue, he said it appears to be malleable iron, not cast.

Too be continued..........!
 
I saw similar points once , they were the ends of wooden stakes driven into the ground for temporary electric fencing . The stakes had a ferrule that the point screwed into at the base and a similar one at the top for a loop the wire hooked onto .
They looked a lot like cricket stumps .
 
OK for once I think I can nail this one. As soon as I saw it I knew. Some types of old cast iron fences around houses had those on the gate posts and some were all of the way down the fence. Big bucks to spend on a picket fence. The other is in the photos. Guy across the street had this in his junk pile form when the house was up dated MANY years ago. It is the point or finial for a lightnig rod. Here it is. About five feet tall and the glass ball is long gone. Now this one has a brass point but the rest is iron. You could have other types of metal too.
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For iron fences it is very 1800s decoravitve and also a deterent long before OSHA. They also used to imbed broken bottles along the top of brick walls. Notice is slips into a hole in the iron fence. It is a crude casting and not for machinery or such. As I said it would most likely be the two gate posts. Also heavy duty iron fence AKA. cemetery. Kid could have swiped it many years ago to play sword fights. But I would also go with the lightning rod too. My 2 and 1/2 cents worth.
 

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