Going to recycle my brass, need info

[RvaDiggn]

Are these something I should keep or scrap pile them. I dug the longer one today and the other 2 I've had for a while now. I saved them cause I wasn't quite sure what they were. They look almost like CW artillery fuses or adapters. Has anyone seen anything like these and know what they are? (1921 penny for size)

 

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[taz42o]

The two bigger ones I think are bushings if the lower one measures .691 outside diameter then it is a model T spindle bushing . The original spindle bushings were bronze ,replacements were brass.
Here is an old post that shows what im talking about.

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,366961.msg2723086.html#msg2723086

 

[RvaDiggn]

Sweet, thank you , I would have never found that.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

The smaller one may be from an old carburetor. It could be for the float valve or metering valve.

I dont know if fuses are that small.

 

[timekiller]

I've always wondered what this piece I found was.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I've always wondered what this piece I found was.

You may have the entire spindle bolt. http://www.snydersantiqueauto.com/modeltparts/frontaxle



Heres some good pics. http://www.mtfca.com/cgi-bin/discus/show.cgi?tpc=80257&post=156999

 

[timekiller]

I've always wondered what this piece I found was.

You may have the entire spindle bolt. http://www.snydersantiqueauto.com/modeltparts/frontaxle




Heres some good pics. http://www.mtfca.com/cgi-bin/discus/show.cgi?tpc=80257&post=156999

Yea Thanks BCH,I always kinda thought car part.But new it wasn't what I consider old so never really followed up on it tell I just seen this thread. Thanks Much for the sites.
Take Care,
Pete,

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

RvaDiggn... first let me say you did the smart thing about those objects -- which is, post them for ID-ing instead of discarding them. I could tell you many stories of diggers who've thrown away valuable relics and then (years later) learned the ID and value.

There are many objects which resemble a military fuze ...but aren't. The key clue for telling whether an object like your two large ones is a fuze (or not) is whether the hole through their center is tapered -- or not. Tapered, meaning, one end of the hole is wider than the other end. For example, a typical civil war era timefuze adapter-plug's main hole is .49-inch wide at the front, and .40-inch wide at the rear end.

Also...with only a few very-very rare exceptions, all of the metal-bodied artillery (and grenade, and torpedo) fuzes have "wrench slots" and threading on their exterior, so that the fuze could be screwed very tightly into the shell or grenade or torpedo.

The smallest of your three objects looks like some kind of valve-body ...not a fuze, nor part of one.

 

[RvaDiggn]

RvaDiggn... first let me say you did the smart thing about those objects -- which is, post them for ID-ing instead of discarding them. I could tell you many stories of diggers who've thrown away valuable relics and then (years later) learned the ID and value.

There are many objects which resemble a military fuze ...but aren't. The key clue for telling whether an object like your two large ones is a fuze (or not) is whether the hole through their center is tapered -- or not. Tapered, meaning, one end of the hole is wider than the other end. For example, a typical civil war era timefuze adapter-plug's main hole is .49-inch wide at the front, and .40-inch wide at the rear end.

Also...with only a few very-very rare exceptions, all of the metal-bodied artillery (and grenade, and torpedo) fuzes have "wrench slots" and threading on their exterior, so that the fuze could be screwed very tightly into the shell or grenade or torpedo.

The smallest of your three objects looks like some kind of valve-body ...not a fuze, nor part of one.

If you look closely at the top right one, it is kinda tapered, the hole gets smaller towards the bottom

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

If you look closely at the top right one, it is kinda tapered, the hole gets smaller towards the bottom

The inside hole gets smaller?

 

[RvaDiggn]

If you look closely at the top right one, it is kinda tapered, the hole gets smaller towards the bottom

The inside hole gets smaller?

Hmmm don't think so, it just tapers a bit towards the bottom. I'll probably end up taking them to the relic show and have a fuse expert look at it

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

If you look closely at the top right one, it is kinda tapered, the hole gets smaller towards the bottom

The inside hole gets smaller?

Hmmm don't think so, it just tapers a bit towards the bottom. I'll probably end up taking them to the relic show and have a fuse expert look at it

If its only tapered on the outside and the inside hole is NOT tapered or the outside is worn unevenly then I believe it could be a worn bushing. Someone posted some bushings showing the wear.