🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Copper grommet?

[Nathan W]

Piece in back exposed some copper. This was found behind park near old homestead. Didn’t find much today. Looked up to see what its use was, said craft projects. Anyway to tell what it was used for? Leather?

 

[ncsuwolf]

Hard to say….id say it’s a brass grommet. No telling what it’s used for, but tents/tarps/etc all could fit the bill

 

[Deuber]

Piece in back exposed some copper. This was found behind park near old homestead. Didn’t find much today. Looked up to see what its use was, said craft projects. Anyway to tell what it was used for? Leather?

It's to set a crucible on for smelting metals

 

[Tony in SC]

Found near an old park, the grommet could have been from an old picnic shelter?

 

[Nathan W]

Found near an old park, the grommet could have been from an old picnic shelter?

The woods behind the park had an old homesite(late 1800s/early 1900s

 

[Nathan W]

It's to set a crucible on for smelting metals

Interesting. I was looking for pics, I don’t know what you would call it. Just seeing if it matches up possibly

 

[Tesorodeoro]

Interesting. I was looking for pics, I don’t know what you would call it. Just seeing if it matches up possibly

If a grommet, there should be a groove around the edge. I can’t tell in the photos if it has one.

Canvas covered wagons and tent cabins were widely used in the early days.

In later years many recreational cabins were basically canvas tents.

No other light weight material was available.

I just bought a canvas tent and it still has grommets! Should last the rest of my life. Canvas tarp for a floor (w/grommets).

 

[WoodsDigger]

If a grommet, there should be a groove around the edge. I can’t tell in the photos if it has one.

Canvas covered wagons and tent cabins were widely used in the early days.

In later years many recreational cabins were basically canvas tents.

No other light weight material was available.

I just bought a canvas tent and it still has grommets! Should last the rest of my life. Canvas tarp for a floor (w/grommets).

Grommets were on everything camping. Still on modern nylon tarps today.

 

[mick56]

I found lots of them at old campgrounds. At some point, they started making them out of aluminum.