✅ SOLVED copper found near civil war site

[jefg231]

about the diameter of a dime

 

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[awhatley]

I dont know what it is but i found one this weekend on an old farm property i bought. interested in finding out what it may b

 

[BigBiloxi]

Appears to be a canvas pack rivet...........

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

Chicago screw....
used for leather, knife handles...ect.
chicago screw - Bing Images

 

[DCMatt]

Saddle or knapsack rivet.

DCMatt

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

people call them rivets...but they screw together...well, some of them...others do knock together...

 

[awhatley]

Thanks secretcanyon i found mine its the plain chicago screw with 1/2 post

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

As its name indicates, a "Chicago Screw" rivet has a screwdriver slot on one of its discs. If there's no screwdriver slot on your rivet, it's an ordinary rivet. The size of your copper/brass rivet indicates it held two thick pieces of leather together. That type was used on a great many leather objects, and is very commonly seen on "antique" horsegear. Like nails and screws, there's no way to know with certainty whether a "generic" rivet was used on a Military object or a Civilian object... unless you dug it out of the bottom of a battle trench or a military winter-camp hut. If it was found in the woods or a field, it could be either Military or Civilian. And, there's no way to know whether it was lost in 1863 or 1903.

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

a Chicago screw is a two piece rivet that screws together...slot is optional...I have many swords that handles are secured with a Chicago screw, without slots for scewdrivers...
the Japanese would place a mon on the rivet...or smooth the surface for looks...

regardless...it is splitting hairs.

 

[jefg231]

thanks, its nice to find a Chicago screw
after getting one in 2008 and 2012