What is it?? Let me know your thoughts!!

[makahaman]

Found today hunting an old house site let me know what you think this is?

 

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[imafishingnutt]

defenatly a flint lock side plate and hammer.
strange if you found it on the island.
id goback and look for more but i do know they made toys of this nature too and being near salt water things rust fast.

 

[SgtSki in MI]

Pretty interesting find

What's even MORE interesting is that it was found in Hawaii. Since James Cook was killed there I wonder...Could it be from a Brown Bess?

 

[CRUSADER]

wow what an amazing find, still looking for one of those, closest I got was a precussion cap hammer.

 

[junkdigger]

Maka, that is not a Brown Bess lock. Not an American military lock either. It might be a privately purchased English,American,or German lock.
If I found a lock like that I would try to remove some of the rust with oil soaking and a light brushing,by hand with a wire brush. Just enough to see if any maker's mark shows up. A flashlight shining across the face of the lock at a low angle might reveal a mark that could tell its history.

 

[RON (PA)]

The first thing to pop into my mind was that it was a hammer off of a flintlock musket. I could be wrong though. It is very interesting that it was found in Hawaii. Please share more of how you found it with us. I would definitely rehunt the area where you found it. There may be more.

 

[Chagy]

Amazing!!!!!!

check out this site http://www.flintlockcollection.com/ it looks allot like the ones made by Egg from London


the makers mark should be here