This item was found at the site of a barn that burned years ago.  The site was bulldozed many years ago.  I bought the land a few years ago and picked this up in a mower.  Made from the rim of a wagon wheel.  It is rounded on the end so a hook can be used on it.  It is close to three feet long.  Was very rusty, wire wheeled it and painted it flat black. 

For hanging beef to age a few days between slaughter and butchering?
Just a WAG.

Do you often see whales in your local waterways?   

If it weren't so old I would say it was for mixing your compost pile. 

I thought I didn't know, but now after looking at the link Lewill2 supplied for "hay trolley heaven" I believe the item is a homemade hay spear used with a hay trolley.  It closely resembles the earliest hay spears utilized,

Quote from: coolford on September 01, 2020, 07:07:07 PM
I thought I didn't know, but now after looking at the link Lewill2 supplied for "hay trolley heaven" I believe the item is a homemade hay spear used with a hay trolley.  It closely resembles the earliest hay spears utilized,

I was going to say something along these lines -- a hay harpoon.  There were later mechanical ones.  This one is probably an earlier one.

Quote from: coolford on September 01, 2020, 03:34:43 PM
This item was found at the site of a barn that burned years ago.  The site was bulldozed many years ago.  I bought the land a few years ago and picked this up in a mower.  Made from the rim of a wagon wheel.  It is rounded on the end so a hook can be used on it.  It is close to three feet long.  Was very rusty, wire wheeled it and painted it flat black.

Was it blacksmith made? Any working marks? Better photos?

Quote from: coolford on September 01, 2020, 07:07:07 PM
I thought I didn't know, but now after looking at the link Lewill2 supplied for "hay trolley heaven" I believe the item is a homemade hay spear used with a hay trolley.  It closely resembles the earliest hay spears utilized,

Yep!

Yes, it is blacksmith made, no working marks on it.  The pointed end is heat annealed and the other end has a loop for a hook to be attached.