🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Found in a cw camp

[Nate in Ga]

Dug in a cw camp what is this? Thanks

 

[fyrffytr1]

Stopper to an inkwell?

 

[dozer dan]

Sword or dagger pommel?

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

My first thought, was that it's a pewter finial from a lid off a tea pot or some other type of container.

 

[creskol]

My thought is that it is part of a flow valve from an old gas lamp similar to the one pictured below. Why it would be in a Civil War camp is anybody's guess.

 

[ColtsPop]

It’s hard to identify without scale. Hat pins and jacket pins in the period were similar to this.

 

[Nate in Ga]

went back found a second one close by identical... there is steady history after the civil war relics that come out of this area, it definitely does not have to be from war at all..

 

[Nate in Ga]

went back found a second one close by identical... there is steady history after the civil war relics that come out of this area, it definitely does not have to be from war at all..

Merc for scale both together, they are lead and it had the white patina so my mind went to 3 ringers I dig there, they dont have to be civil war tho

 

[DCMatt]

Maybe not CW, but they've been in the ground for a while. Are they pewter with an iron spike sticking out?

My first thought was "tuning peg" from a banjo or similar stringed instrument. With two found, not so sure. What are the odds of that...?

 

[Whynotnow?]

Could they be some kind of very old cork topper? You'd stick them into a cork and it would look fancy and make it easier to pull the cork out when needed.

 

[Whynotnow?]

Could they be some kind of very old cork topper? You'd stick them into a cork and it would look fancy and make it easier to pull the cork out when needed.

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Thinking on it this may not be it, because lead would just bend and break in this application. You're postive they're made of lead?