ID Request

[Cantstopdigging]

Hello Forum,

I was wondering if anyone can assist me in identifying this item that I found in a park. located in Upstate NY. It has petina, and is very thin.

 

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[DownNDirty]

This probably should be posted in the "What Is It?" forum

 

[Cantstopdigging]

Thanks for your advice. I am new to the forum. I just uploaded the message to the "what is it" forum.

Regards

 

[nsdq]

Horse tack rivit

 

[Cantstopdigging]

Wow! I think you are correct! Do you think it went on a saddle? Is it Civilian, and early 1800's? I found an old Colonilal Civilian Flat button in the same park.

 

[Mud Hut]

Horse tack rivit

That's one GIGANTIC rivet!

 

[Cantstopdigging]

Thanks everyone for all of the input. I visited a local tack shop, and they did not positively ID it as equestrian related. That said they didn't rule it out either. Please see a side view.

 

[creskol]

It isn't horse tack related...at least it's nothing I am familiar with. As I posted it reply to your "What Is It" thread, I think it is a contact from inside an old flashlight that would have taken D cell batteries. It has a definite rim around the perimeter, and the nipple looks to be a bit concave, which would have been caused by battery contact fatigue. The rim is probably a spring seat where the coil spring was seated.

 

[against the wind]

Is that center shafts solid or just full of dirt??

 

[Cantstopdigging]

It's solid.