✅ SOLVED A couple mystery items from 1800s site

[bcbirdman]

Found these over the weekend. Any ideas? The first item makes me wonder if its a doorbell button (without the button of course) because my finger fits nicely into that center hole. Just seems like a strange design with those "prongs." The second picture is of 7 small, flattened pieces of lead. They all appear to have been flattened and the center is slightly recessed compared to the edges. I suspect these are pieces from some kind of ammunition, but I doubt they are bullets themselves.

 

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[RatherBeDigging]

The lead bits may be the lead roofing nail caps. They went over the nail heads prior to driving nails into shingles to help seal out the rain water. There was a site dug on the Not Thursday YouTube channel that had tons of them.

 

[releventchair]

Might be a cable clamp.

 

[oldmxrat]

The lead bits look like bullets that struck a flat surface to me.

 

[Almy]

I agree with oldmxrat. They appear to be about .22 size. Roof nail washer is a good idea, but the ones I have seen are like a washer with the nail stem going through them and the head squeezing down on them when the nail is driven and acting as a seal between the underside of the nail head and the roof.

 

[vhs07]

Might be a cable clamp.

releventchair is correct. Here is a similar one.

 

[bcbirdman]

Thanks for the help with the IDs! Thanks for the pic for reference. @vhs07