Old bullet spill

[Casey13]

Hi everyone,

Went detecting at an old mid 1900s homesite earlier. Found a few things there but it's a really trashy site with so much in the ground. I did manage to find a little compact and a cool button that I can't find much on. Then I dug a mid tone and one after another were bullets which was pretty cool! Don't really know how old they are but they are in bad shape. The other larger piece I have no idea what it is and says made in the USA. Through out the time I was there I kept finding these led peices that look like homemade buttons.
Thanks for looking

 

[Almy]

My first thought was a tractor or old car fuel system part. The wire bale holds the sediment bowl like RVchair above shows.

 

[Casey13]

Respectfully :
Part of it makes me thing low pressure system.
The bale looks like a holder for a fuel filter/water Seperator glass. It's having a screen on the area above hints of it's possible use. (Fuel drops through screen before reaching the glass reservoir).

Most tractor type fuel strainers are more like the piece with the bale , than having two sections like this example the o.p. pictures.
Could the other half be a fuel pump?
The notch in it (to drive it?) is not unlike some magneto slots.

Oiler / water seperator for a compressed air system might be another guess.

Thank you so much releventchair for the information you provided. I would have never guessed what it was used for but did notice the filter screen in it and thought it was something automotive for use.
Thank you so much again!

 

[Casey13]

My first thought was a tractor or old car fuel system part. The wire bale holds the sediment bowl like RVchair above shows.

I thought something automotive at first when I found it but agree 👍🏻

 

[WannaDig3687]

Cool finds. Great day of digging!

 

[Bayard]

38 Long Colt has been obsolete for generations. I would think those rounds were likely dropped before WWII.

 

[Casey13]

Cool finds. Great day of digging!

Thank you so much WannaDig3687!!

 

[Casey13]

38 Long Colt has been obsolete for generations. I would think those rounds were likely dropped before WWII.

Thank you Bayard,
I couldn't figure out how old they are. The place I found them showed a homesite on a 1951 area.