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Another Mystery Item from Today's Camp Site/Old House Site
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Part of a bell? bicycle or door maybe?
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Very intricate. Can you give us a size comparison?
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It's about the size of a silver dollar.
Nothing from this site is new. The civil war is the newest that I've found here so far. That's one reason why my curiosity is up.
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I presume it has attachment points for 4 of those "paddle" shaped arms and evenly spaced? What metals are we dealing with here? Copper and pot metal?
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See that square axle on one end. I expect that little drum has a clock spring inside of it. When I first saw this thing I thought "Bleeder/leach" and I don't know why because I've never seen one made like this. They were still used in the civil war which really mystifies me. Most fatalities were caused either by exsanguination or pneumonia.
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It only has 2 of the paddles. That is how it was made - only those 2.
It is made entirely of brass.
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Looks like a fan-type governor from a music box.
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