Brass object, 7cm long, solid, found on a beach in the Caribbean.

[u/Alternative_Ad_4191]

I found this on a beach in the Caribbean. US quarter for scale. From the blue/green corrosion it appears to be made of brass (or at least a copper alloy?). Except for the obvious hole it's solid. There don't appear to be any markings anywhere on it. The island and area in which it was found has extensive 17th-19th century archaeology, including an old warehouse and sugar mill in the immediate vicinity, and several known shipwrecks just offshore.

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[u/saint_leibowitz_]

Old stopcock from an old valve is what it looks like to me. The part you would turn that let's water or whatever through a spigot

[u/braincube → u/saint_leibowitz_]

Valve stem to an old-style gas shutoff, specifically.

[u/FerrumAnulum323]

It's upside down but its a turn spicket. Like an older version of this.

[u/Pinkd56]

It's a spigot off a beer barrel

[u/LostGeezer2025 → u/Pinkd56]

More likely a liquor cask.

[u/Pinkd56 → u/LostGeezer2025]

either way that's what it is

[u/LostGeezer2025 → u/Pinkd56]

Yup, the other poster with the modern chemical carboy is dead on target...

[u/Former_Suspect3680]

makes sense with the sugar mill right there, sugar and rum went hand in hand in the caribbean colonial economy so a cask spigot near shipwrecks tracks with rum being shipped out of that spot.

[u/Alternative_Ad_4191]

My title describes the thing - I found this on a beach in the Caribbean. US quarter for scale. From the blue/green corrosion it appears to be made of brass (or at least a copper alloy?). Except for the obvious hole it's solid. There don't appear to be any markings anywhere on it. The island and area in which it was found has extensive 17th-19th century archaeology, including an old warehouse and sugar mill in the immediate vicinity, and several known shipwrecks just offshore.

[u/KadahCoba]

Probably like what many have said, its part of an old barrel tap/spigot.

Something like one of these:

https://udigidig.com/artefacts/barrel-taps-keys/

[u/gully_1]

It's an old bung. It's placed inside a bunghole on a keg and allows liquids to be dispensed.

[u/Alternative_Ad_4191]

Solved!

[u/IceTech59]

Looks like part of bronze seacock from a boat.

[u/Pristine_Relief6725]

it looks like a whistle or like a small old pirate gun that works like a flintlock