Can anyone give me any info?

[hurt.ronnie]

I found these metal detecting and eyeballing around the river. The bottle top had a lid on it that has a small hole in the middle. The big Item I have no idea but has a latch that still moves and appears to have held something against the hole and and has wings.

 

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[Charlie P. (NY)]

Looks like part of a car radiator cap called a "Manometer"

 

[hurt.ronnie]

Thank you Charlie

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

The twisted brass object which has a wedge on one end is the mostly-internal moving "striker/latch" from a Mortise lock, a type typically used as door locks. The wedge is what extends from the lock into the doorframe, keeping the door from opening. See the photo below.

 

[hurt.ronnie]

Thank you Cannonball .

 

[nhbenz]

Motometer rather than Manometer, right? ...or are they both?

 

[cudamark]

The bottle top is probably off a hair tonic or an aftershave bottle. Likely had a small stopper in it.

 

[A2coins]

Wam bam and there it is wow good
IDs

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Motometer rather than Manometer, right? ...or are they both?

A "manometer" measures water pressure (or vacuum). A "Motometer is a brand name for automotive manometers - and I don't know if his is that brand.

 

[nhbenz]

Right, but I believe the Moto Meter measured temperature. My understanding is that many vehicles had a non-pressurized cooling system when these were popular, instead using a thermosiphon system.
A good ID either way!

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

You are correct. Motometer was for temperature.