Screwy thing...CASE CLOSED...or not...yes...CASE CLOSED!

[romeo-1]

I found this yesterday in a farmers field. The guy I was hunting with found the exact same thing in a different area of the field...any ideas?

 

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[Michelle]

Re: Screwy thing...

I know it like I know my sisters face......dang....It has to do with civil war and a weapon......but which one....PBK will jump this one before I can finish typing probably!

 

[romeo-1]

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It was found on a battle field...

 

[Michelle]

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Brass butt cap....sometimes used on flagstaffs......but wait.this type is from an a handle on civil war knives....I believe

 

[Michelle]

Re: Screwy thing...

could even be one of these......

 

[romeo-1]

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Could be...what's a tompion?

 

[romeo-1]

Re: Screwy thing...

Could be...what's a tompion?

Just found out...used to plug up a musket...

 

[Monty]

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Uh....It looks like a brass ground wire keeper to me. You stick the ground wire through the hole in the side and screw it down on your ground rod, keeps it from coming loose.....or not? Monty

 

[DirtyHowi]

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howi through the hat: looks like a old school welding tip bushing (?) you thread the welding tip into it and it onto the fuel source, the holes provide oxygen.

 

[Michelle]

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We have found a bunch of these things in the middle of civil war sites also....this one is really worn.....

 

[hollowpointred]

Re: Screwy thing...

PBK.............where are you

 

[Michelle]

Re: Screwy thing...

PBK.............where are you

He's watching and CHUCKLING .....Am I closer when I say it came from a bowie knife handle or maybe a sword.....COME ON PBK......YOU HAVE TO KNOW THIS ONE!!!!!! I give.

 

[romeo-1]

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The plot thickens! The only reason that I find this peculiar is the fact that we found two of them in the same field but almost a quarter mile apart. What are the odds?...

 

[Michelle]

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[romeo-1]

Re: Screwy thing...

We have found a bunch of these things in the middle of civil war sites also....this one is really worn.....

Is this threaded?

 

[Michelle]

Re: Screwy thing...

I know that the one I have seen on a bowie knife once , was threaded...I can't find an example bowie to show you, the one I saw was one we had sold awhile back.Still looking!

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

Re: Screwy thing...

HI MIchelle, my slicer has the tang riveted.

Tropical Tramp

 

[Michelle]

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Hi TTramp....sure does as some/most do....I am speaking of a bowie handle........How and where have ya been Pal ole' Bud o' mine? Have you ben peddlin' them BARSHOT...... ...

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

Re: Screwy thing...

HI MIchelle love, have been to the miner's comvention in Hermosillo for 5 days.

Tropical Tramp

 

[romeo-1]

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bump