Colonial Lead Decorative Object

[Deleted member 140734]

I found this in a known colonial NE settlement area yesterday evening. Lead composition but not sure of what it is. Reminds me of a saw tooth button pattern but why lead?

 

[VTColonialDigger]

Looks to me like a child's buzzer toy

 

[VTColonialDigger]

Here's a page from C. Keith' Wilbur's Soldiers of the American Revolution showing how it would be used. If you click on the image it will expand it so you can read it easier.

 

[Deleted member 140734]

Excellent, thank you. This is why this forum rules.

 

[jude061]

Beat me to the punch. I too was going to cite Wilbur! Great id guys, and great find!

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!! Congrats!!

 

[Georgivs]

Nice ID VTColonialDigger!

 

[gheenoe78]

They're sometimes referred to as whiligigs or whizzers as well. See them made out of coins sometimes. Cool find.

 

[Deleted member 140734]

Right now there is one on Ebay fashioned from a George Washington Inaugural button.

 

[CASPER-2]

I have one similar to yours - we call them whizzers

 

[thursdaythunder]

Nice Colonial “Whirligig / Whizzer” Toy

 

[Silver Tree Chaser]

That buzzer is in great shape. Nice find.

 

[Colonial kid]

Nice find..i found a homemade one last year..

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice find! I believe "VTColonialDigger" has it right!

 

[Waterhead]

I've found several whizzers in early colonial home sites here in Virginia. Here's the last one I found. Sad it was bent up.

Dug some nice colonial relics at this site and here's a few of em'.

 

[xcopperstax]

Very nice find! I'd be so excited to find one of those. I agree it's most likely a toy... it's interesting that it has 4 holes... maybe the maker was experimenting... if two holes are good maybe four are better or maybe the other two holes were spaced out to change how it operated a little? It was probably a musketball at some point. Who knows. Great find though and thanks for sharing!

 

[A2coins]

Nice buzz