new unknown items recovered near Fort

[alderan33]

Found these yesterday along with some other goodies. Any help would be appreciated.
Someone suggested the item with the thumb twist is a tuning key but I've never seen a brass one.

 

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[creskol]

The second item is the stem of a keg spigot, the third looks like a broken chain link or ring, the fourth looks sorta like a saddle plate but not sure about that, andthe fifth is a shoulder scale part.

 

[ivan salis]

2 spigot
3 part of a chain or chain hook up spot off something
4 looks like a side plate on a rifles body where a iron bar type thing fits thru to hold the barrel in place
5 is a shoulder plate "leaf" off of a set of shoulder scales (officer)

 

[timekiller]

The top one looks like a broken barrel/stock band that goes on to hold the barrel & stock together much like the one I dug couple hunts ago.
Take Care,
Pete,

 

[oldfireguy]

I believe #4 is off a military saddle where the coat straps go through.

 

[romeo-1]

Is there a hole in #2 near the bottom?

 

[ivan salis]

YEP THERE'S A HOLE -- BEING A BARREL TAP - its knocked into place --the hole AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TAP BODY allows liquid to flow THRU once the TAP SCREW is unscrewed far enough to mate the hole in the tap screw with the hole in the tap body.-- screwing inward and unscrewing outward of the tap screw opens and shuts the flow of liquid off / on.

brass is used so as to not react with wine * (being wine is some what acidic as is several other keg type products) --iron would of course not be suitible for this use .

 

[alderan33]

Is there a hole in #2 near the bottom?

Yes there is a hole near the center.

 

[timekiller]

Romeo may be thinking like me Cause it looks more like a gas lamp valve then a spigot valve.Most barrel tap valves have a key that goes with it to turn.Or at least all the ones I have found do,but there coming from colonial sites.

 

[ivan salis]

this is a civl war era barrel tap * for troop use with a built in tap screw key ( screws out to mate the hole in the shaft with the hole in the tap body allowing the fuilds to flow outwards-- screws in to disengage the hole alinement and shut the flow off ) it is not a "colonial " or bar type tap where the key to open it was seperate from the tap (to prevent "theft" -by a nip or two being "bleed off" from the keg when the bar owners back was turned by the "help")

 

[timekiller]

this is a civl war era barrel tap * for troop use with a built in tap screw key ( screws out to mate the hole in the shaft with the hole in the tap body allowing the fuilds to flow outwards-- screws in to disengage the hole alinement and shut the flow off ) it is not a "colonial " or bar type tap where the key to open it was seperate from the tap (to prevent "theft" -by a nip or two being "bleed off" from the keg when the bar owners back was turned by the "help")

You might be right I don't know much about CW stuff.And this post is another of those post with nothing for size to compare But I found his todays find post & can say this,I Sure Would Not Be Wanting A Drink In The Heat Of Battle From That Valve. You get your head shot off before you ever got enough to wet your whistle from the size compared to the shotgun shells.The pic. below one has the sleeve still around it & is quite old for sure the other does not but still his looks like you could put the whole thing through just the primmer hole almost.
Take Care,
Pete,

 

[romeo-1]

I think it's a tuning peg for a banjo or guitar...