Bullet ID?

[IndianaSmith]

Found this today. Its largest diameter is .460 and length is .825. Found in a park that originated in 1925 and is located along a river which was the location of the origional town & dated back to the early 1800's. Any ideas of date & caliber? Sorry 'bout the fuzzy pic.

Thanks
Smitty

 

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[Montana Jim]

Is the base flat or is there a cavity?

I can't find it anywhere... maybe foreign?

 

[IndianaSmith]

Well, now I'm totally stumped. I wanted to give an accurate reply to you, so I took a toothpick to clean-out the bottom end. It had a little dirt I wanted to clean out & see how far it recessed.....and found out it's hollow clear thru This looked very similar to some of the other bullets I've seen, so I made the mistake of assuming

I guess I need to start soaking my finds 1st. Now I'm still left trying to figure-out what this is.....but I can eliminate a bullet.

I'm now wondering about the piece they pound into the end of a wooden hammer handle to expand it & wedge the head on with. I've seen these round-shaped before as opposed to the flat-wedge shaped ones, which would explain the fact of it being hollow, and having barbs, or steps made into it. Guess I need to give it a scrape test & see if it's lead or steel (probably the latter). lol, dang,,,,,and I thought I found somethin' special

Thanks MJ
Smitty

 

[Montana Jim]

LOL... Good luck!

Maybe a wall anchor?

 

[Monty]

Is it lead? It could be a concrete anchor? monty

 

[IndianaSmith]

I'm sure it's not an anchor, I've used thousands of them over the years. It's neither split nor threaded inside (which one nearly 1/2" would be). It's not lead. It's either a wedge for a tool handle or the barb of a fitting (hose to pipe) which had been broken off cleanly.

Thanks again
Smitty

 

[Montana Jim]

Smitty - I was thinking... Maybe it's a "pawn" from a old chess set?

 

[Monty]

I assembled a little plastic car for my kids years ago and it had a "shim" ( for lack of a better word) that fit into a plastic wheel and then the axle was forced into it to hold it in place. It was the front wheels and it was made this way so they could turn in different directions. Just another WAG. Monty

 

[Shortstack]

The shape of that thing is like a grease fitting called a zerk, but the measurements are too big for that unless 1920s cars had larger fittings.
Bleed screws from wheel brake cylinders are the same basic shape, too.
I've broken off zerks and bleed screws and they sure looked real similar to your object.