Strange fork like brass object (18th century NJ site)

[randazzo1]

Hello fellow treasurenetters - happy fourth of july - awesome to be independent but our British friiends sure left some cool stuff behind.

Anybody willing to venture a guess as to what these little beauties were used for:






Its brass, slightly corroded and was found on a site that seems to cap out at around 1810.






This one is lead - looks like a smashed musketball with a little hole poked in the middle. I haven't weighed it yet. Maybe a quickly made fishing weight or coat weight?


Below are some of the other finds from the site to give an idea of what else turns up. The site is an old farm / homesite in central new jersey.



Thanks in advance - my only thought was maybe the fork is a corn cob holder or a staple - but it seems to decorative (not to mention made of brass) to be a staple.

 

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[BuckleBoy]

Could the lead object be a spindle whorl?

 

[randazzo1]

Thanks buckleboy - I don't know what a spindle whorl is but I will look into it.

 

[BuckleBoy]

In looking a bit more at the other item, I wonder if it is a brass tongue from an 18th century buckle.

 

[Don in SJ]

In looking a bit more at the other item, I wonder if it is a brass tongue from an 18th century buckle.

Sure looks like a tongue from a shoe buckle type.

 

[Montana Jim]

In looking a bit more at the other item, I wonder if it is a brass tongue from an 18th century buckle.

Sure looks like a tongue from a shoe buckle type.

It sure does... right size too.

 

[randazzo1]

Thanks all - I would never, and I mean never have figured out that it was a shoe buckle tongue.

Awesome ID Buckleboy and thanks to Don and Jim for confirming.

I marked it solved - and realize I should have posted two individual posts - but anybody know what that lead thing is. Is it a curtain weight?

thanks again for ID on the shoe buckle piece - with all the pre 1800 stuff at this site I'm still hoping to find either 1) a silver coin or 2) something british or rev war related.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Thanks all - I would never, and I mean never have figured out that it was a shoe buckle tongue.

Awesome ID Buckleboy and thanks to Don and Jim for confirming.

I marked it solved - and realize I should have posted two individual posts - but anybody know what that lead thing is. Is it a curtain weight?

thanks again for ID on the shoe buckle piece - with all the pre 1800 stuff at this site I'm still hoping to find either 1) a silver coin or 2) something british or rev war related.

That lead item looks a lot like a spindle whorl, but from what I can tell those are much more common finds in Europe than here in the states. I'm out of ideas on it.

Best Wishes to you in your continued search,


Buckleboy