.....a few more

[thrillathahunt]

I tell ya, this place (old log cabin site) is loaded with bits and pieces! Here are a few more items that I could use some help identifying. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Rick

 

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[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: .....a few more (?)

Left item may be a leather strap guide or belt guide.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

The final photo shows a broken "saddle shield" off a US Army McClellan saddle. We relic-diggers find them occasionally in civil war sites ...but, various versions of the McClellan saddle were in use from slightly before the civil war to a couple of decades after World War One, so unfortunately there's no way to be be absolutely certain about when your saddle shield was manufactured. Here's a photo of another one, also marked with the seat-size, on a Model-1904 McClellan saddle.

 

[thrillathahunt]

Thank you very much for your reply CannonballGuy! I can see that is what it is. All of the relics found at this site look to be from sometime right after the Civil War. I suspect it was an occupation site during the "reconstruction" era 1865-1875 IMO.

 

[creskol]

The item on the left of the first photo is, I think, the attachment loop from a tin-back rosette.

 

[thrillathahunt]

I think you are right, the metal appears to be tin. Thanks creskol!

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

The item on the left of the first photo is, I think, the attachment loop from a tin-back rosette.

I think you are right, the metal appears to be tin. Thanks creskol!

I have heard of a lead back rosette. Can you explain the difference? Was this piece attached to a lead backing?

It does look kinda weak for a strap guide.

 

[creskol]

The item on the left of the first photo is, I think, the attachment loop from a tin-back rosette.

I think you are right, the metal appears to be tin. Thanks creskol!

I have heard of a lead back rosette. Can you explain the difference? Was this piece attached to a lead backing?

It does look kinda weak for a strap guide.

Here you go BC .. a photo probably serves better:

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Thanks creskol I have pics of rosettes but its the back piece on the OPs item that I dont see. Is it underneath?


Also when you and thrillathahunt say tin, do you mean tin plated?

 

[thrillathahunt]

I am sorry, I was refering to the round piece (second from the left). My bad.

By the way, the long piece is brass and is hollow, like something was put inside it.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I am sorry, I was refering to the round piece (second from the left). My bad.

I was just getting ready to ask you directly what you meant by tin. I see you answered it thanks. Is the item far left brass?

 

[thrillathahunt]

Yes, and it is 2 1/4 " long. The flat part is not securely fastened as it slides up and down.

 

[uglymailman]

Long thin item looks like sheath for a letter opener.

 

[thrillathahunt]

Long thin item looks like sheath for a letter opener.

I can see that. Something slid down in it.....

Thanks.