Diamond in the rough

[ModernMiner]

Yesterday I dug this diamond shaped (copper or brass?) piece out of the same hole as a CW musket ball. Maybe it was a fluke that they were in the same hole, but it looks to be old from that era. Any ideas what this may have been used for?
Thanks,
MM

 

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[Noodle]

Looks "field-made." Could have been anything. Some type of stabilizing piece to hold 2-3 pieces of wood/metal together? Or leather??

 

[BioProfessor]

Copper or brass without a green patina? Make you go Hmmmmm.

Daryl

 

[ModernMiner]

Copper or brass without a green patina? Make you go Hmmmmm.

Daryl

Daryl,
This is what it looked like before I attacked it with a vise and then a brass bristle brush.
Any idea?
-MM-

 

[BioProfessor]

Yeah. Don't use the same technique for Reales.

Daryl

 

[ModernMiner]

Yeah. Don't use the same technique for Reales.

Daryl

Yeah, on the reales I usually use a belt sander or the Slap Chop.

 

[BioProfessor]

You know most people don't know that the Slap Chop originated to make change in merchants shops when people used Cobs to pay.



Daryl

 

[intimer]

that's really pretty funny.....thanks!

 

[BioProfessor]

Thanks. There will be people that DIDN'T get it?

Daryl

 

[extractor]

I remember those years

 

[ModernMiner]

Thanks. There will be people that DIDN'T get it?

Daryl

I get it. That's exactly what I thought about when I posted it. The Spanish Silver Slap Chop I was was first put out for Renco.
-MM-

 

[BioProfessor]

It was the first ACM.

Daryl

 

[ModernMiner]

I have about five Pocket Fishermans in the original boxes too. I think they came after the Colonial cane pole?
-MM-

 

[BioProfessor]

You can usually tell as the Colonial poles had Pewter guides. Not the more modern brass, bronze, or copper.

Daryl

 

[Gypsy Heart]

I have about five Pocket Fishermans in the original boxes too. I think they came after the Colonial cane pole?
-MM-

Hey Hey...I will take a pocket fishermen off your hands....I caught the biggest muskie in my life on the Jump River using one of those

 

[ModernMiner]

I have about five Pocket Fishermans in the original boxes too. I think they came after the Colonial cane pole?
-MM-

Hey Hey...I will take a pocket fishermen off your hands....I caught the biggest muskie in my life on the Jump River using one of those

Gypsy,
You have got to be kidding! A musky on a pocket fisherman is amazing. It was your lucky day for sure. You could have been the spokeswomen with a catch like that. Very cool.
I hope you & the family are doing well,
Doug

 

[IronSpike]

Keyhole plate?

 

[intimer]

[/quote]Yeah, on the reales I usually use a belt sander or the Slap Chop. [/quote]

next chop i see i will think of this.....

originally, i was simply going to guess a 'spacer', but that is so close to the first guess
[/quote]Looks "field-made." Could have been anything. Some type of stabilizing piece to hold 2-3 pieces of wood/metal together? Or leather??[/quote]

but, with all this tv gizmo humor....well, now i have to guess a blade from the "original noodle extruder" - first marketed 1861 !!!

hey "noodle" that's no SLAM...WOW!!! no offense intended please

 

[Iron Patch]

Yeah. Don't use the same technique for Reales.

Daryl

Yeah, on the reales I usually use a belt sander or the Slap Chop.

Not to be confused with this guy who cleans em. (This pic was from two years ago)

 

[ModernMiner]

Yeah. Don't use the same technique for Reales.

Daryl

Yeah, on the reales I usually use a belt sander or the Slap Chop.

Not to be confused with this guy who cleans em. (This pic was from two years ago)

HILARIOUS IP!!!
ShamWOW should sell a lot more now.
You Sir are the master of disaster.
-Doug-