Container?

[ROMAN STEVE]

With a horn protector you see a thread inside where they
would have twisted it on the horn companion sets normally
pushed on to the poker and you would have a locking nut
on top

[ROMAN STEVE]

I forgot to say a horn protector  has a coarse
thread inside to cut its own groves

[Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan )]

 HI Steve yes, iv'e got them on mine mate

[Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan )]

 P.S.  you can see the remains of the nuts on top of two of these,

[ROMAN STEVE]

yes they are pokers and i dont really want to look  at your nuts 

[rjm]

Looking at Al's pictures I'd say the middle one is like mine. I'll go with the poker id.

Thanks! 

[saxonman]

TALKED TO AN EXPERT AT CHELTHAM CLUB.HE SAYS THEY ARE HOARSE FURNITURE AS FALCON EXPLAINED.AND SOME POSSIBLY HORN PROTECTORS.
WHATS A POKER DOING IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIELD??I HAVE FOUND ONE THE OTHER DAY WITH A LONG PIECE OF THIN IRON ATTACHED TO IT,CURVED AS FALCON SHOWED.NO POKER UNLESS THERE WAS A FIRE IN MIDDLE FOR SOMEONE TO POKE!!!!

[rjm]

Well, it's exactly as the middle one in the picture he put on here.

Saying "what's a poker doing in the middle of a field" is a daft comment! You should know what things turn up
where you'd least expect them!!!!!!  Perhaps they had a fire going in the field and used the poker to keep the fire going? 

He's produced the picture of 'poker handles' which the middle one is identical to mine with his having the iron still attached.

I just can't see how mine would have fitted on a horse. Sorry.

[Chef Geoff]

Saying "what's a poker doing in the middle of a field" is a daft comment! You should know what things turn up
where you'd least expect them!!!!!!  Perhaps they had a fire going in the field and used the poker to keep the fire going? 

Exactly RJM, how many pastry jiggers have been found in the middle of fields? ever tried rolling pastry on grass

[rjm]

Saying "what's a poker doing in the middle of a field" is a daft comment! You should know what things turn up
where you'd least expect them!!!!!!  Perhaps they had a fire going in the field and used the poker to keep the fire going? 

Exactly RJM, how many pastry jiggers have been found in the middle of fields? ever tried rolling pastry on grass

I'm not telling what I've been rolling on grass with !!!!!   

[Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan )]

 ha ha yes the pastry jiggers too, you know what kids are like they could have taken it out of an old house that was once there, or it could have got lost in the garden that was once there too,
 the curved one could have been the tongs,

[Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan )]

Of Coarse there are loads of different types,  but these are the acorn  types  simular to this one,   at one time acorn symbles were banned and had to be cut off everything too,

[Val Beechey]

I found a small brass hinge crossing a field yesterday, what was that doing in the middle of nowhere. More important where is the box it came off and what was in it. Now I've got to go back and find out.  

Why did acorn symbals have to be cut off??

Val

[Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan )]

 ohhh some king or other banned them Val can't remember why now,  i can't remember the king now either , not sure if it was henry the 8th though,  it carried on for years after,

[Val Beechey]

Well, praps it was something to do with cutting nuts off   woops excuse me its Sundays isn't it.