maybe tough but i think identifiable

[Older The Better]

I found this in the woods near an old sandstone quarry that was in use around the 1900's. i thought it was copper when i dug it but this is how it cleaned up after about 30 seconds with a wire brush. maybe pewter? or an alloy if its from something newer. best guess is maybe a collar for the handle of a tool but i would think those would be rusty iron not clean like this.

 

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[old digger]

Your item looks like whats left of a spent bullet.

 

[Older The Better]

not saying you guys are wrong because i really don't know what it is but i don't see it being a bullet. the star shaped things are some kind of nail or rivet i think. you can see the opposite side of one poking out. that's why i thought maybe it attached something metal to something wood. also i don't think its lead its not heavy enough for is size.

 

[Older The Better]

here's a couple more angles... one of each side

 

[Joe-Dirt]

My guess would be a smooshed canteen throat, I dunno

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Maybe part of a knife handle (hunting knife)

 

[Older The Better]

also non magnetic

 

[Goldiver]

This appears to be the pewter spout from a leather shot pouch / flask.


Steve

 

[rick67]

I see an engine part similar to this.

 

[flyadive]

First thought is a Thimble.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thimble

 

[Older The Better]

opened it up a little. the star shaped deals are small nails that don't run all the way through. it seems to have held something possibly a powder flask of maybe something wood but i don't think it was meant to be open like a thimble or engine part although it does look similar... maybe tougher than i thought, oh well thanks for taking a stab at it.

 

[john845]

looks like a fired lead bullet

 

[Duckshot]

This appears to be the pewter spout from a leather shot pouch / flask.


Steve

That might be it. It looks like there is a pin perpendicular to the mouth of the spout, might have been for a spring loaded lid.

 

[nsdq]

Cheap garden trowel ?

 

[sutphin]

CANTEEN SPOUT OR PEWTER FLASK