Any Ideas??

Rebel82 · May 21, 2009

Dug this Sunday near a battlefield.It is blunt on the square end(has been knocked on quite a bit) and round and very thin on the other end.I'm thinking some type of tool/punch?Sorry not the best pics.Any ideas??Thanks

dozer dan · May 21, 2009

its an old leather punch :icon_sunny:

DCMatt · May 21, 2009

dozer dan said:
its an old leather punch

...what Dan said...

Here's a modern one:

DCMatt

Rebel82 · May 21, 2009

That's what I was thinking.Thanks guys.

Bigcypresshunter · May 21, 2009

What is the size? Is it large enough to make patches?

Rebel82 · May 21, 2009

The round end opening is the size of a nickel.

Bigcypresshunter · May 21, 2009

Rebel82 said:
The round end opening is the size of a nickel.

I shoot round balls in my .45 primitive hunting rifle. I use a patch about quarter size if I recall. Nickel is kind of a large leather punch. :icon_scratch:

Maybe its a small caliber patch cutter? :icon_scratch:

$:-\$

Bigcypresshunter · May 21, 2009

I just thought of it. It could be a pistol wad cutter. http://www.possibleshop.com/wads.htm

Nice find. http://possibleshop.com/s-s-patch.html

Clean it up and look for markings.

DCMatt · May 22, 2009

bigcypresshunter said:
I just thought of it. It could be a pistol wad cutter. http://www.possibleshop.com/wads.htm

Nice find. http://possibleshop.com/s-s-patch.html

Clean it up and look for markings.

Huh. Never considered that there was a tool for that. Learn something new everyday...

DCMatt

Woodland Detectors · May 22, 2009

cool find and Great ID Dozer!

allen · May 22, 2009

pretty quick id !!

Rebel82 · May 22, 2009

Did a little research and found this info and pic on a website.Gonna try and clean mine up and see what it has stamped on it.Thanks again for the info guys!

DESCRIPTION: Steel wad cutter for cutting out wads for a musket. Possible Civil War era. Has a break in one of the arns which can be seen in the photo. Stamped on the stem is 10 STEEL. Not many of these seen around.

Bigcypresshunter · May 22, 2009

DCMatt said:
bigcypresshunter said:

I just thought of it. It could be a pistol wad cutter. http://www.possibleshop.com/wads.htm

Nice find. http://possibleshop.com/s-s-patch.html

Clean it up and look for markings.

Click to expand...

Huh. Never considered that there was a tool for that. Learn something new everyday...

DCMatt

When I shoot my rifle or pistol, I buy bullets, patches and wads at the store, but back in the day they made their own from cotton and wool. I think I have one of these tools myself.

Rebel82 said:
Did a little research and found this info and pic on a website.Gonna try and clean mine up and see what it has stamped on it.Thanks again for the info guys!

DESCRIPTION: Steel wad cutter for cutting out wads for a musket. Possible Civil War era. Has a break in one of the arns which can be seen in the photo. Stamped on the stem is 10 STEEL. Not many of these seen around.

Glad to have helped. If you find out the value, I am curious to know.

Charlie P. (NY) · May 22, 2009

If it is "nickel diameter" I would be more inclined to think over-powder and over-shot wads for a muzzleloading shotgun (heavy paper, felt, etc.) but I suppose they might have used wads in muskets.

The U.S. did not, I don't believe.

Bigcypresshunter · May 22, 2009

Charlie P. (NY) said:
If it is "nickel diameter" I would be more inclined to think over-powder and over-shot wads for a muzzleloading shotgun (heavy paper, felt, etc.) but I suppose they might have used wads in muskets.

The U.S. did not, I don't believe.

yes you are correct. I guess its too large for a pistol wad. I dont know what I was thinking.