Anyone have a idea on what this is?

JamesCee

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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
 

DCMatt

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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.
 

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rebelminer

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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.
 

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Blackfoot58

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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.
 

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Blackfoot58

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

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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
 

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

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