Maybe some kind of switch??

[ticm]

Dug this at a old site with a lot of late 1890's stuff. It's brass I think. It was dark when I dug it I thought maybe it was a large cent until I got a good look at it . Any ideas of what it might be.

 

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[lostcauses]

looks like some thing latched into the center the way it is made..