A Curious Colonial Piece

[Silvermonkey]

Hi Everyone,

I found this item on a recent hunt in an area that has produced a number of colonial era coins and relics.



At the top portion of the piece someone carved the date " 1775". The interior section also appears to form letters and/ or numbers..."RA9"..."BA9"...honestly it's hard to tell. Is this a piece of fancy horse tack?
Is it part of a belt buckle? I tried to get feedback from some local wildlife, but they couldn't help...



If anyone could help me ID this thing, I would really appreciate it.

Cheers and HH!

 

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[DaveSmith]

Yeah, you can tell by the look on the deer's face, he is clueless also!! Nice find.

 

[Aureus]

Not much help from me. I'm probably wrong, but to me it looks like some type of key fob. If I've found it, I would guess early-mid 1900's considering the style. The 1775 could also be the key/item number.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice find, congrats! A possible FOB?

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[CRUSADER]

RAF?

 

[HCW]

 

[HCW]

RAF?

HA

 

[JeffInMass]

Very nice, Congrats!

 

[trdking]

Looks like a watch fob to me also

 

[niffler]

Last letter looks like an s to me

 

[ArfieBoy]

Those numbers (1775) on the top look stamped to me.

 

[ticndig]

the relic looks cast to me , not carved or stamped, I'm not really feeling the lettering and think it's just a part of the construction that resembles letters. . I agree a fob.

 

[Silvermonkey]

OK. Thanks everyone....I'll accept fob. Sometimes my eyes see only what they want to see....