Antique Part Identification

[breedtractor]

Found this buried in creek gravel while I was working on a ditch on an old wagon road in KY. Any thoughts on what it might be?

 

[bigtiller]

Just a guess, maybe a return trip spring for some type of cultivator?

 

[breedtractor]

Just a guess, maybe a return trip spring for some type of cultivator?

Thanks, I'll check out some pics of those.

 

[rScotty]

Found this buried in creek gravel while I was working on a ditch on an old wagon road in KY. Any thoughts on what it might be?

Neat spring. No idea what it might be. I wonder about some of the old carriage suspension springs.
Whatever it is, the two springs push the same way around the center part. They are in parallel rather than in opposition. Since the other way of doing that is to put two separate simple springs side by side, that argues that either space was important or this clever solution was also decorative. Maybe both.
rScotty

 

[Menagerie-Manor]

Could be the spring from a dump truck tarp mechanism, known as a double spiral torsion spring.

https://shop.mentordynamics.com/product/powerpack-spiral-spring-double-torsion/

 

[breedtractor]

Could be the spring from a dump truck tarp mechanism, known as a double spiral torsion spring.

https://shop.mentordynamics.com/product/powerpack-spiral-spring-double-torsion/

Think you nailed it. I was thinking it looked too perfect to be very old.

Thanks everyone!

 

[true temper]

It’s a hood spring off old car. Hood Hinge Spring 53-56 - Dynacorn 3052C - Classic Body Parts

 

[Johnsechrist@centurylink.]

Found this buried in creek gravel while I was working on a ditch on an old wagon road in KY. Any thoughts on what it might be?

I found the same thing using the search option on my phone in my photos. I made a screenshot & it searched away. I didn't think it look very old myself.

Found this buried in creek gravel while I was working on a ditch on an old wagon road in KY. Any thoughts on what it might be?