Dirt hunting old homestead with max, old bugle mouthpiece?

[DocBeav]

Went to an old home site with max today. My second time there and he has been going for a few years now. LOTS of iron and aluminium crap (most of the aluminum is newer as people seem to like to use this place as a dump unfortunately!) but you can get some good stuff if you can separate the tones and/or have a good TDI meter. Here is what I found: 1944 wheat penny in bad shape, another new 1996 penny, small metal and copper pieces, a troll doll (surface find) possible bugle mouthpiece, another large brass piece that has been flattened and has a small hole on each side, a lead bar with plow strike marks on it, a makeup (eye shadow?) case and a bunch of other stuff.



The brass piece sure looks like the mouthpiece off of a bugle (trumpet, trombone...or something) but I'm not 100% on that. If anyone has any ideas or thoughts let me know...

 

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[2mtech]

Could be a finial...or part of one, anyway...

 

[DocBeav]

Thanks for looking at it 2mtech, Yeah, it does kinda look like that doesn't it? It is smooth inside and it is hollow (hole goes straight through) and there isn't any way that I see that it could have been attached to anything else by the "mouthpiece" or "bell" part of it. I looked some more online and, I'm pretty sure it is from an instrument, just not sure what kind or how old it is. Always open to more suggestions....

 

[2mtech]

Yeah, pretty sure you're right on!

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kyIZ4zo1ifU/TESaQX4jO1I/AAAAAAAAAF0/64iY6h_Uu1E/s320/IMG_5244.JPG

 

[DocBeav]

Looks close eh? Found these as well.....

Cleaned it up a bit more but can't see any makers marks or anything like that. It does have some good gouges out of it. Probably tool/plow marks from being out in an old field....

 

[2mtech]

Well, the challenge is clear now...find the rest of the instrument!

 

[DocBeav]

Now that would be cool! I'd settle for the broken piece off the end of the mouthpiece!