✅ SOLVED Camera Advance? Possible age?

[Georgivs]

Greetings dirt detectives, I have one for you today.

Great signal from this big round brass piece, figured it was a pipe fitting before I saw the lever on the side. Reminds me of a camera film advance, it seems a bit big for that.

 

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[Fourman110]

May be a trigger style bicycle bell.

 

[Plug N Play]

Are there any holes that could be cleaned out ?

It somewhat resembles a powder flask release ?

 

[mirage83]

I was going to say powder flask mechanism.

 

[Georgivs]

Are there any holes that could be cleaned out ?

It somewhat resembles a powder flask release ?

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OK, I found it at the same site as my percussion pistol lock, also not far from a piece that looks just like the top left doohicky in this pic, I'll ad the photo when I get home. Maybe parts of the same thing.

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Edit: added the pic, it is certainly part of a powder flask mechanism as in your pic! Maybe not from the same one, perhaps I have parts of two? I'm gonna call this solved! thanks guys!