I've been helping my dad extend their deck and build my niece and nephew a playhouse. I found this part that is a stake for an outside light. My prop radar went off. It may be absolutely nothing, but the end looks similar to the back end of the Jabba's Palace blaster scope. I'm not saying this is the part, just that it looks similar so maybe an older type was used. This one is about 1" dia. and probably twice the length shown because it broke.