Found these at a mid 1800s homestead

[leviathanrick]

My idea as to what these are? The ring thing is solid brass and the other is solid lead.

 

[Mud Hut]

The first is a gag swivel off of a horse haness .. the second looks like a lead cap off of an old metal roofing nail.

 

[duggap]

That second one looks a bit big for the old lead cap of a nail, could it be a shotgun slug?

 

[CRUSADER]

Yeap, gag loop from a horse, & the other is a shotgun slug (old style).

 

[Mud Hut]

Yeap, gag loop from a horse, & the other is a shotgun slug (old style).

I thought about that possibility, but it looks small, and since no measurements were given, I didn't venture that guess.

 

[CRUSADER]

I thought about that possibility, but it looks small, and since no measurements were given, I didn't venture that guess.

Thats OK, I guess all the time, nothing to lose.

 

[leviathanrick]

Thanks all for your help. I think your right about the shotgun slug. It's about a quarter in thick and the diameter of a nickel.