Civil War in my neighbors yard

HeatherM

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I've been hunting my neighbors yard and have found a minie ball, some musket balls, a canister(?) shot, railroad/tent? spike, piece of spoon, top of a match holder and harmonica reeds which I am able to identify. (along with clad, two wheat pennies, 1936 Washington quarter and the usual 100 pull tabs). House was built in about 1910 so I was surprised to find the civil war bullets.
I'm curious if any one can identify anything else as civil war relics? I've looked at what seems like 1000 images on google of relics but no luck. I'm really curious about the things I thought might be civil war rivets but they have threading (I think that's the right term, little lines) on the edges so might be more modern? I showed front and back of the oval thing.

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I also see a galvanized 90* pipe fitting a valve stem cap , a cultivator tooth , and what may be a cuff link
 

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I also see a galvanized 90* pipe fitting a valve stem cap , a cultivator tooth , and what may be a cuff link

Is the pipe fitting the thing I'd call a U joint? Which is the stem cap and cultivator tooth? I wondered if the oval thing was cuff link that lost its back.
 

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the pipe fitting is ell shaped . big rusty square is a cultivator tooth, valve stem cap off of a tire
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I thank you for posting your finds. I found one of the bed hooks last week but didn't know what it was until you got yours IDed. And thanks to nhbenz for IDing it.
 

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I thank you for posting your finds. I found one of the bed hooks last week but didn't know what it was until you got yours IDed. And thanks to nhbenz for IDing it.

One of the best parts of this site, being able to identify something you've wondered about for awhile!
 

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This looks like a piece of jewelry to me? :icon_scratch:
Possibly part of a brooch or a pendent that hung from a chain.

Dave
 

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