CoinandRelicMan
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Where are you hunting. Kind of look like a friction primer for muzzle loading cannons.
It is indeed a cannon's copperbrass friction-primer... but it is a modern reproduction, made for use by civil war artillery re-enactors. Actual "Original" historical copperbrass friction-primers had a dome-shaped top. The reproduction version is a tube whose top is simply pinched shut. Compare the photos below. The black varnish, which is still visible on yours, helped seal the tube and its pull-wire connection.