What is this? Can anyone ID

[kcox418]

Found at Union camp

 

[alan polk]

@Tom Hughes or @ucvrelics might be able to give you an idea.

 

[Tom Hughes]

Reminds me of a flattened lamp wick

 

[UCVRelics]

I don't have a clue. Doesn't look like anything Ive ever dug.

 

[lupaglupa]

I am by no means an expert at any of this but my first thought was the metal that goes on the end of a leather strap

 

[Waterloo50]

I know nothing about horses and cavalry but it Looks like it could be a cheek piece point from a bridle. I agree with @lupaglupa, possibly something that fits onto the end of a leather strap.

 

[James N.]

Exactly what material is this? It's color looks like lead, as in a Minie ball, but the rivet heads (?) look like something that should be iron or steel.

 

[Waterloo50]

Exactly what material is this? It's color looks like lead, as in a Minie ball, but the rivet heads (?) look like something that should be iron or steel.

It looks old, if I'd have found that here in the UK I'd think it was Roman or earlier. I agree, It does look like it's made from a very soft metal like lead.

 

[JOHN42768]

The portion that looks like a rectangle, does it appear to be a flattened cylinder?

 

[mofederal]

It sort of reminds me of the throat of a bayonet, but I am sure that is wrong. The discolorization is from the chemicals in the soil, like fertilizers or other minerals in the soil.

 

[Tom Hughes]

It sort of reminds me of the throat of a bayonet, but I am sure that is wrong. The discolorization is from the chemicals in the soil, like fertilizers or other minerals in the soil.

Now that I'm getting a closer look at it, I'm fairly sure this piece is made of a tin or tin alloy.

 

[alan polk]

Now that I'm getting a closer look at it, I'm fairly sure this piece is made of a tin or tin alloy.

Could it be some sort of scabbard tip?

 

[Tom Hughes]

Could it be some sort of scabbard tip?

Doesn't look like a scabbard tip to me.

 

[UCVRelics]

Doesn't look like a scabbard tip to me.

I agree. Need a look at from the the flat end looking at it. I have several buckets of stuff I call what is it.

 

[kcox418]

I agree. Need a look at from the the flat end looking at it. I have several buckets of stuff I call what is it.

Definitely not lead . Rang up high 25-26 on Equinox

 

[JOHN42768]

OK so it was a cylinder flattened. Maybe a candle base once the cylinder is upright

 

[Tom Hughes]

The idea that it may have been a candle base is a pretty good guess. I'm going with JOHN42768 on this one.

 

[JOHN42768]

A figment of one's imagination, as Walt Disney would have once said.