What is this?

[phelectri]

Can you identify this? Found on a known Civil War site in southwest Mississippi.

 

[creskol]

Hard to tell how big it is but it might be part of a mechanical pencil.

 

[trapperart]

No help here but congrats

 

[laradactyl]

It looks like the striker wheel for the flint of a cigarette lighter to me.

 

[CRUSADER]

It looks like the striker wheel for the flint of a cigarette lighter to me.

my first thought as well

 

[creskol]

my first thought as well

Wouldn't both "exterior wheels" be symmetrical on a "striker wheel?"

 

[P.ALLEN]

I found one of those attached to a very early auto headlight casing, it had 3 of them built into it. I think its an electrical ground or attachment.

 

[phelectri]

A type of ground lug is probably correct. Thanks for the repies.

 

[nsdq]

Thumb screw for a old spark plug