Rifle butt plate???

[Goes4ever]

my wife dug this today, is it a butt plate? any idea what from?

 

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[CSA2K]

Looks like the butt plate to an old flintlock

 

[CSA2K]

Here's one that looks similar..

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Sure 'nuff looks like one. Late flint or percussion (1800 to the Civil War). Early ones are usually wider and with less of a "point" to the heel. That one wouldn't be no fun to shoot in a larger bore so it was also likely what folks call a "squirrel rifle" now.

http://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categories/PartDetail.aspx/678/1/BP-SPW-16-B