What are these? Found the one at the bottom today....

[lrgoodger]

I have found lots of these over the years, but never one with a coin until today. The big one at the bottom had an 1862 IHP about 4" from it. It's only my second 1862 in 50 years!

 

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[Chilli]

I have found lots of these over the years, but never one with a coin until today. The big one at the bottom had an 1862 IHP about 4" from it. It's only my second 1862 in 50 years!

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Hi, my initial thought was something musical being a blues harp player myself, they looked like reed plates with the centres gone.
A search did show a number of organ reed plates that look very very much like those.
Im leaning very much towards that. The bottom one looks like something bent and broken off, the reed?

 

[Mr. Digger]

Yup, Chilli has it right. They are known pump organ or harmonium reeds. Nice finds!

 

[Digger RJ]

I have found lots of these over the years, but never one with a coin until today. The big one at the bottom had an 1862 IHP about 4" from it. It's only my second 1862 in 50 years!

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Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Gare]

i think they create organ sounds (NOTES)

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Congrats on the 1862 Indian !

From what I was told, there Reeds from Pump Organs or similar.
I've lost track of how many of them I've found around old houses.
I'd guess around 60 or 70 of them.