Anyone have a idea on what this is?

[JamesCee]

Found a couple feet away from 2 bullets in Toms Brook Va. Looks to be brass with number 51 stamped on it. Also one side looks like something broke off maybe? Someone enlighten me please

 

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[Blackfoot58]

View attachment 2075436View attachment 2075437Found a couple feet away from 2 bullets in Toms Brook Va. Looks to be brass with number 51 stamped on it. Also one side looks like something broke off maybe? Someone enlighten me please

Resembles a brass chisel/gouge. Maybe the handle broke off

 

[DCMatt]

That's a heavy duty piece! Maybe a piece from a mortise or rim lock. Those things had all sorts of funky shaped parts inside.

 

[rebelminer]

I am probably wrong but I swear about twenty years ago I change an over center clutch in a crane and it had spacers in there that looked just like that, They were in stacks. That skinny end fits into a slot in the housing.

 

[Blackfoot58]

Resembles a brass chisel/gouge. Maybe the handle broke off

We used ones similar to these in our paint rooms, when we used high-solvent paint. Non-sparking tools were required, per OSHA. Barrel wrenches, hammers, putty knives, chisels, etc all were non-sparking.

 

[Blackfoot58]

Look up “non sparking safety chisel” on Google. There is a plethora of styles.

 

[ColtsPop]

This could be part of a patch box on an old rifle, but it’s thick for that. It could also be part of a trigger guard

 

[Fullstock]

It looks like the lid from the patchbox of a model 1855 rifle.

 

[Blackfoot58]

It looks like the lid from the patchbox of a model 1855 rifle.

It looks way too thick to me. The covers I’ve seen are fairly thin.

 

[Fullstock]

It looks way too thick to me. The covers I’ve seen are fairly thin.

It’s hard to tell how thick it is in the pictures. The only end shot is the broken area that could be where the hinge was.