Civil War?

[cmthunder]

FOund what I thought was a bolt. No threads!
Found in Virginia Civil War site.
Measures L-1.21
D-.856 across the top
D-.292 at stem
Appreciate all help.

 

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[Tony in SC]

It does appear to be a hex bolt broken off at the beginning of the thread. Hex bolts were a fairly new technology at the time of the Civil War but were being widely used on machinery and other mechanical equipment. I don't have any idea where it came from. It's not a very big bolt and it was broken, this could be a clue?

 

[Mud Hut]

It looks like a leveling foot screw off of an old appliance.

 

[Tony in SC]

Does favor a leveling foot but those are usually threaded all the way to the head?

It looks like a leveling foot screw off of an old appliance.

 

[devldog]

This almost favors the zinc stem/base from a Williams Cleaned bullet. Close to the same size, but this piece appears to be iron and the head of the piece a hexagonal shape instead of being round. I wonder if this could be some sort of a variation of a musket screw. Did you say other relics came from the area where this piece was found?

 

[cmthunder]

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