✅ SOLVED Trigger or door latch?

[ncsuwolf]

Found in central Nc in area with history to early 1700s. Both pieces found within 2’ of each other. It’s brass. Not sure what it is.

 

[VTColonialDigger]

Found in central Nc in area with history to early 1700s. Both pieces found within 2’ of each other. It’s brass. Not sure what it is.

Looks like a broken trigger guard from a flintlock firearm

 

[smokeythecat]

I agree.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Nice find, all you need to do now is find the rest of the musket.
- Dave

 

[ncsuwolf]

Nice find, all you need to do now is find the rest of the musket.
- Dave

That’s the hard part

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

I agree with Vtcolonialdigger and smokeythecat... it is part of a musket trigger-guard, similar to a British Model p-1953 Enfield rifle, but not exactly the same. Looks a bit earlier, like latter 1700s to early-1800s.