Hand carved gun?

[BenVa68]

I dug what I think is a hand carved gun. It's lead and appears to have the initials "JO" I've found several dropped 3 ringers and an Enfield bullet at this site along with civil war period buttons and lots of lead. Its obviously been damaged, the ground i found it in looked burnt.

 

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[creskol]

Interesting .. a strange patina for lead.

 

[Hawks88]

Nice find congratulations.

 

[BenVa68]

I had it soaking in vinegar with some other stuff because I had no idea what it was so maybe that affected the patina.