Mystery item.

[IMAUDIGGER]

Please excuse what seems like too many pictures.
This one is important to me to identify.
I suspect there are more pieces that I have not found.
Somewhat lightweight cast alloy material.
It's not soft metal and is silver colored with no rust, just patina.
There are notes written in pink if anyone cares to zoom in on each one.
I think they might be legible.
The 4th picture is the only one that shows evidence of use.
Have to zoom in and look carefully.
It was found in a gold mining area in California.
Suspect it dates 1850's to early 1860's
Thank you.

 

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[IMAUDIGGER]

Well I'm going to bring this up one more time, then let it rest for another year.

 

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[Ed144]

Perhaps it is the bottom or base plate of a very old cash register. The old registers were often fabricated of cast plates and parts for the housing.

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

I'll follow up on that idea.

Do you have a reason to think it might have been the bottom or base?

None of the photos online show the bottom side so I don't know what it looked like.

I'm thinking an old light weight cash box myself. Maybe mostly wood.

 

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Im wondering why it is important to you?

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

It's kind of similiar in style to this, only these are usually actual steel boxes.
Two holes could be for the handle on the side?