musket

Good evening, friends. John dug for an hour after work today and found this really neat looking brass piece, which we think might be a gun part. What do you all think? Then again, it could be something completely different like a window lock or other mundane thing.There's also a key which he...

Found these items today in the same general location. I think they are definitely colonial, but leave it to the experts. A Union camp was nearby as was a colonial village. Thank you in advance! Here is the link to photos. Both items appear to be iron...

I was wondering if anyone knew what kind of rifle this musket is? I know it is a 58 caliber and has #5 in three different areas.

HELLO FORUM! I was directed here by the WHAT IS IT? forum. My name is Charlie G. & I own Joy's House (www.joyshouse.info); a sober house for girls I opened in my daughter's memory. To help support it, I go to & bid on storage auctions (yep, like the TV ahows!), then sell the things we find at...

Hello all! I won a storage auction that was full of items that appear to gave been brought up from a shipwreck! The jar (which still has 80% of it's cap) is holding what appears to be musket balls - it is VERY heavy. But what I can't be sure of is the clump of what looks like more musket balls...

Found this at a revolutionary war skirmish site in NJ. Any ideas on what it may be? I was thinking possibly an internal sear to a musket. Thanks.