Any ideas what this is?

[Colbyraper1]

I was moving my goat pen last weekend and kicked up a piece of metal and it turns out to be a pile of parts for a fertilizer spreader for a farmall and cultivator parts. But I am curious as to what this could be. It has 78 cast on it

 

[gordy from Iowa]

I can't tell if it is round or flat. If it is round it could be a string holder that various merchants used. Set on the counter by the cash register.

 

[Brian G. NY]

Finial off the top of an old pot-bellied stove?

 

[rrman61]

Some kind of burner?

 

[FBH44]

Some sort of hot air vent? Old railroad item?

 

[SweetFeet]

Looking at it again... could it be parts that go inside a cow drinker cup?

 

[TEXXASJOE]

Looks like a squeegee off the gobbler shaft that grinds the smoke. Yep, I'm sure of it.

 

[rustyfarmall]

Alien Pontiff's headgear.