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stillrollin300 · May 30, 2013

I'm still searching this site I believe was near our old round house and a civil war skirmish. Need help on a few things I know I have old knife parts, bullets, and a ball button but these last two I'm not sure what they are. They are both brass and the WR tag is about the size of a quarter.

Silver Searcher · May 30, 2013

Hello..

Your WR Tag looks like a Clog Clasp, the last item might be part of a Bridle piece. :thumbsup:

SS

stillrollin300 · May 30, 2013

The flat edge on the tag looks like something broke off from it, so there would've been a narrow portion missing. I thought it was the top of a spoon handle.

pippinwhitepaws · May 30, 2013

I was going to say spoon...but someone would correct me an say fork...

kuger · May 30, 2013

the WR piece is a key hole cover from a padlock?Pretty sure....

creskol · May 30, 2013

kuger said:
the WR piece is a key hole cover from a padlock?Pretty sure....

Yup ..it sure is .. and the other piece is a segment of a fancy gag swivel off of a harness

stillrollin300 · May 30, 2013

Would they date civil war and earlier? Trying to locate this round house that is near this site.

kuger · May 30, 2013

stillrollin300 said:
Would they date civil war and earlier? Trying to locate this round house that is near this site.

...yes...

BosnMate · May 30, 2013

Here's something to ponder. The crown is British, and the crown and W R stand for William Rex, who was the king of England from 1830 until his death in 1837. I have a gun lock with that on it, and have researched it a bit. Just something that might cause some head scratching.

creskol · May 30, 2013

Ya know...I thought I could run to my book and grab a photo of the lock I thought this came from, but I realized that the one I was thinking of said WT patent , and not WR, Patent. I included a photograph of the lock I was thinking of, although the detail in the book isn't that great, and I put your relic beside it.

TheCannonballGuy · May 30, 2013

The final photo shows a piece of a horse "gag swivel" bit harness. That particular version is post-civil-war, and is still being manufactured and sold today. See photo of a modern-made one and 1907-catalog scan below.

GpSnoopy · May 31, 2013

creskol said:
Ya know...I thought I could run to my book and grab a photo of the lock I thought this came from, but I realized that the one I was thinking of said WT patent , and not WR, Patent. I included a photograph of the lock I was thinking of, although the detail in the book isn't that great, and I put your relic beside it.

Here's a Post from 2011 with a similar padlock. Consensus then was the W.R. stood for William Rex.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/237181-what-date-padlock.html

BosnMate · May 31, 2013

GpSnoopy said:
Here's a Post from 2011 with a similar padlock. Consensus then was the W.R. stood for William Rex.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/237181-what-date-padlock.html

Yes, and if you go to the 2011 post, there is a photo of another cover something like yours, that has the crown and GR stamped on it. GR is George Rex, the king during our revolution, before William. After reading that 2011 post I'd say your lock dates during the years 1830 to 1837. VR would be Queen Victoria, and she ruled for a long time, but a lock with that on it would have been manufactured during her reign.