Civil War era finds?

[wodens]

Hi guys

I was out on Sunday with my buddy in an area that has produced a officers sword plate and several different union buttons here in NH. We are thinking that this area might have been a staging area for NH troops. I found two buckles and need some opinions. The area is in and around a cellar hole of unknown origin in the woods next to a long abandoned road.

The brass whatsit is a strange one....is it off a gun or musket? It looks so familiar to me!

Thanks
Al

 

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[fortbball9]

I have know Idea, but I do like the buckles
Congrats

fortbball9

 

[Ed-NH]

Alan I got to thinking that perhaps the brass thing is part of a trigger mechanism?

 

[DixieHunter145]

All I can figure is its a cocking mechanism off of a black powder revolver

 

[Peeber]

I can't tell if that is a notch on the one end or a broken loop or hole like the one on the opposite end. If it used to be a complet hole or loop I would say it is the side plate opposite the lock on a muzzle loading rifle.

 

[wodens]

Thanks to the guys that responded to my post...Peeber the open end is not a broken hoop rather a sort of open end. It was def made to be that way. I know you guys find civil war period buckles too....have you dug or seen any like the Brass and Iron one? I was thinking off a pack maybe?

all the best
Al

 

[truckinbutch]

Alan I got to thinking that perhaps the brass thing is part of a trigger mechanism?

Makes sense that it might be a timing hand for a revolver .

 

[John (Ma)]

Those are very nice finds.

 

[southerngunner]

The brass whatsit is a broken left side plate to an old musket. The end with the two points on it are the remains of the hole the lock screw when through.

 

[Peeber]

That's what I thought Southerngunner, but they say it is a notch, not a broken hole. I have to agree that most side plates I have seen do not have those sharp shoulders in the curve. However I do not believe it is a cylinder indexing arm from a revlover. Way too big for any of those I have seen.