Please help id this

[Kasper1212]

I thought it was an old button at first, but it feel like aluminum which is weird and the wing coming off the side makes no sense, but it does have a nice loop on the back....does anyone have any idea? I did a google image search and there was no results....I'm stumped. I found this on a property that is now an old farm, but it was the first trading post in this area, and there was a small Indian wigwam camp there as well as a stagecoach stop. I would appreciate any help....!

 

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[Tpmetal]

could be half of a cuff link or a button. Looks to me from patina and coloring not to be aluminum. copper or brass. If i had to guess I was say def older than early 1900s

 

[HuntinDog]

The color of the bent section leads me to say it is brass.
The large size of the loop make me think it is possibly 1930-1940's for a women's for an overcoat.

 

[Kasper1212]

The back side also has a tinge of red coloring that was saved where it was bent. I straightened it out and saw the red under it once I got the dirt out of the bend. I thought perhaps it was part of a ceremonial dress for the natives, they like things that jingle when they dance, but it seems awful advanced for that. Any ideas how to figure out which metal it is? I tested it, it is not magnetic.

 

[ARC]

Copper.

 

[Kasper1212]

AARC how can you tell? I need to learn to identify this stuff, I've been detecting for a year and I'm still such a newb lol

 

[Kasper1212]

Crazy

Thank you all for any suggestions!

 

[trdking]

Could be some kind of keeper for Upholstery in a chair ir sofa?

 

[Gare]

Per happs it is off of a toy car to hold the wheel on . Like a hubcap ?

 

[Beshires1]

I'd say its a copper over coat button...... teardrop shape would make it easier to start thru buttonhole.... Can't find example..but bettcha its old!

 

[DCMatt]

I was thinking 'clock door latch'...

 

[Kasper1212]

It is similar to that! But it has a hook shape and a bubble over the center and was painted red at one point