Part of a Scale

[mastereagle22]

Hello found this last week detecting and forgot about it until I cleaned it up a little.

Anyone have any idea how old it might be??

Also any idea what the copper thing is??

 

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[Bigcypresshunter]

The pic is cropped but it may be from a hanging scale.

 

[mastereagle22]

I would say that is right on but any idea of age?

 

[vhs07]

Last item looks like a vintage brass flashlight.

 

[mastereagle22]

By golly I think you got it. If I open it back up and round it out it would be about the same size as a D battery.

You rock vhs07

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Andrew Turnbull was a prolific patentee holding patents for eight scales and other items such as toy cannons and planes, doorbells, bedsprings, fire escapes, a miter box, a fruit parer, a tripod and inkwell. His last patent was issued in 1919 when he was 86 years old.

The first Patent number 25473 was issued to Andrew Turnbull on September 13, 1859 and was re-issued as patent number RE5901 on June 2, 1874.