ID Please this Piece of Lead

[ALABEAR]

A guy here in town found this the other day at a Civil War camp. I don't think it is Civil War. I was thinking it came off from a old battery?? I cannot make out the letters on it. They look like US?? It looks like 3 letters on it. Thanks

 

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[vhs07]

It is from a battery. I believe it was to connect the cells together, but I have seen these on the top of older batteries.

 

[muttandjeeps]

I think it's a jumper for a battery, cool though!

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

USL Battery. Check it out. (bottom pic) http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/3839/radio/radios_u.html

Its from a 1920's 6 volt radio battery. http://209.85.215.104/search?q=cach....html+"usl+battery"&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=15&gl=us

Since AC-operated sets did not become common until the late 1920s, a radio during the early 1920s required a 6-volt, automobile-type, storage battery to light the tube filaments. Every several weeks, the battery was taken to the radio shop or garage to be recharged.

 

[ALABEAR]

Well I told him that it was off a battery, but he is new to relic hunting and wanted it to be something from the Civil War. He would not take my word for it. So I got you guys to prove it to him. Thanks