unknown star

[sonny60]

it's made of some kind of metal and about the diameter of a silver dollar. no markings. any ideas appreciated. thanks

 

[cwilk]

It looks like the things James Bond ejects from his Astin Martincar to flatten the tires of a pursuing car.

My real guess would be a top or toy. A real guess, though. Where did you find it?

Chris

 

[sonny60]

just found out it is a caltrop or horse crippler used during the civil war

 

[cwilk]

So more or less my first guess was correct? Nice find!

Chris

 

[Dave~UT]

n/t

 

[Ron Lord]

Looks like a tire spiker,A device used to flatten tires by law en forcement.

 

[Piperboy]

It looks like the stars used to stop calvary attacks they whould spred them across the ground . the horses whould step on them bad news for the rider.

 

[Gila Marc]

It does look like a caltrop, but all I've seen have only four points so that one always sticks straight up. This one has six and is pretty small for anti-cavalry use.

But I don't know......pretty cool find regardless!!

Marc

 

[perchdoctor]

Jacks
Description of equipment
All that is needed to play the game of Jacks is five jacks and one ball. The jacks are just a more modern representation of knucklebones or stones from the game described above; each one is a( six-pronged) , metal form with bobbles on the end of each prong - a three-dimensional cross. The ball is bouncy and should be somewhat bigger than a jack.


This may be a prelude to the game of "JACKS" the earlier games I believe were more solid than they are now- Perchdoctor