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[jrwill56]

found these today, the brass pieces (at bottom) look like a part of a buckle. there is a piece of melted lead.a piece of ceramic. but what is the nickle size piece
it is heavy like lead but it is much harder,1/8 th inch thick?

 

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[fortbball9]

Looks to me like it is a old pewter button.
But that is my guess
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[BioProfessor]

The broken piece is part of a buckle or a plate frame. It could be a Colonial shoe buckle. If so, it will be curved. The nickle-sized item is a button. Since it is cracked, it may be a "coated" button where the inside is a different metal than the inside. I have a couple that have cracked open in several places but they tend to be brass/copper and zinc. Try and see if the crack is due to something happening inside the button or just a "Button meets Plow" problem.

Daryl

 

[taz42o]

Is that a number 5 I see on the round thing?

 

[CRUSADER]

The button is a moulded pewter type of the late 18th C.

The buckle is a similar date shoe buckle.