A few mystery items...

[CaseKeatley]

Over the past couple of weeks, I've found some strange things I can't identify, so I thought I'd ask the experts!

This one says "PAT APPLD FOR" on the top, along with some other small letters that are unidentifiable.








A lid off something? Has a cool design with some sort of plating.








This one's obviously a bullet, but how old? I don't think it's civil war but it's not fired. Found in the middle of the woods under a overhanging rock.











Thanks a lot!

 

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[mirage83]

Can't say about the lid and ring, but the bullet is post CW. Caliber is somewhat iffy, from a pistol (9mm, 10mm, .45 ACP, etc).

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

The bullet is a 20th Century copper-jacketed bullet for a .38 or 9mm pistol. It is called "copper jacketed" because it has a thin copper layer covered the bullet's lead body. The photo below shows a sawed-in-half copper jacketed bullet, on the left in the photo.

Your bullet has been fired, because enlarging the photo shows slight rifling-marks on the copper jacket.

 

[CaseKeatley]

Thanks CannonballGuy! Kinda clueless on bullets I just assumed if it's not smashed, it's not fired!

 

[Off n On]

The first two items I would say may go together, by the 4 weld/attachment marks on the bottom of the 2nd item. (I say this cause my Standing 1950's ashtray looks similar from underneath).

https://images.search.yahoo.com/ima...ign=11br4dv15&.crumb=VrE5Oxo3x0P&fr=yfp-t-950