Anyone?

[Garabaldi]

No idea what this is.

 

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[warsawdaddy]

Looks like a valve stem to inflate.

 

[spartacus53]

I would agree with the valve stem, bt it appears to be missing the inside pin which is odd

 

[CRUSADER]

Careful there are kids on this site

 

[johnnyi]

Garibaldi, what's it made out of? It looks like the nipple to something very old which dispensed a liquid or ointment.

 

[digging wv]

looks like the top of a 3in1 oil can

 

[Monty]

Three in one oil did have a metal top like that several years ago and it had a twist on cap. Good guess. Monty

 

[johnnyi]

Monty, I think we're going to find that it's a buit older than the 3 and one oil. The oldenst cans usually were squared off, as were the singer oil cans. This is not only rounded (perhaps so as not to damage the skin) but it seems to be made out of brass or maybe even pewter. It probably has a cap to go with it that this gizmo went through which accepted a gasket to hold it onto a can or bottle. You can see what may be gasket discoloration at this thing's base.

 

[Monty]

Or not? Monty

 

[Silver Searcher]

Looks like a Rivet head :P

SS.

 

[Garabaldi]

I'mnotsure what its made of. I have others that are bigger, but flattened out. I will try to post them. This one i dug in a field, the others I had found on the shore line with war of 1812 and civil war artifacts.

 

[allen]

i think warsawdaddy is right on the money !

 

[Garabaldi]

These are a few more I had found in a different spot. One has some writing on it. It says LITE KWI. I think its KWI.

 

[johnnyi]

Garibaldi, I think when you turn those others over you'll find the remains of threading on at least the larger one, if not the others. The first one, as I said earlier, probably passed through an open cap to secure it to the vessel, syringe, etc. that held the liquid.

 

[TiredIron]

If cleaned.....does the last pics say.....Du-lite Kwik Seal...in a circle?

TiredIron

 

[johnnyi]

Good id on the contents tirediron, especially since the company goes back to 1912. It makes sense now that these were lead, as something as caustic as blueing or cleaning agent would probably react to another metal?

 

[Garabaldi]

LITE KWIK - LITE KWIK -, No threads on the inside.

 

[johnnyi]

Garibaldi, would it be a hassle to show the bottoms of the crushed ones?
(if they're not threaded, then they were crimped around a tube or bottle)

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Does that pic look like something you have Cru? green check please

 

[Garabaldi]

Insides.