This is really BUGGING me

[rastinirv]

Dug this thing up today. Appears to be some kind of cap. Pretty heavy. No idea what it is though. Probably too small to be an old hub cap, right? Thanks for looking!

 

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[HutSiteDigger]

Let's make a bet my man! If someone can ID this for you 100% You change you're avatar "pull tab" too another relic you found Cause I know you dig good stuff! I can't bare the blunt of seeing Pull Tabs just look @ what John Deere posted in "Today's Finds" a few minutes ago like 50 pull tabs he just dug!

 

[digging440yrs]

Top to a bug insectacide, circa early 20th century

 

[rastinirv]

I suspect digging440years is correct. Makes sense. Will try to find a picture of another one just like it.

HSD, I'll see what my new avatar should be.

 

[ohiowhiteguy]

looks to me like the cap off some type of ointment.
(there's a fly in the ointment) just guessing..it's pretty cool looking...
owg.

 

[creskol]

Looks to me like either the bell portion of a mechanical doorbell or abicycle bell.

 

[digging wv]

I thought doorbell also

 

[bigfoot1]

prolly ointment

 

[creskol]

After doing some searches on the net, and based on its overall size and shape, I am pretty certain that it is an antique bicycle bell.

 

[rastinirv]

After doing some searches on the net, and based on its overall size and shape, I am pretty certain that it is an antique bicycle bell.

Okay, thanks!

 

[Breezie]

The bug is called a 'shoo fly,' and was popular in the Victorian era on up to the Art Deco era. It was used as decoration, jewelry, paper weights, and other decor.

I agree with Creskol on it being the top to an antique bicycle bell.

Side note: The old style children's rocking horses are also called shoo flies, and get their name from the shoo fly swatters that were homemade from a horse's tails.


Neat find Breezie

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

For whatever it's worth to hear, my guess when first examining the photo was an antique bicycle-bell -- because its size and "construction" is extremely similar to some bicycle-bells I've seen in the past. (The "stepped" inner rim is a typical characteristic of them.) Then I scrolled down and saw Creskol's opinion. Count mine as the second vote for antique bicycle-bell. Once again, he and I are in agreement about a relic-ID.

I should mention... it looks to be about 2.5-inches in diameter, which seems small for a doorbell (though I suppose it could be), but its size is typical for a handle-mounted bicycle-bell.

 

[Chug And Red]

Makes for an Unique Avatar Chug and Red

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

3rd vote bicycle bell

 

[duggap]

The bug is called a 'shoo fly,' and was popular in the Victorian era on up to the Art Deco era. It was used as decoration, jewelry, paper weights, and other decor.

I agree with Creskol on it being the top to an antique bicycle bell.

Side note: The old style children's rocking horses are also called shoo flies, and get their name from the shoo fly swatters that were homemade from a horse's tails.


Neat find Breezie

Ok, Breezie, we are counting on you for a recipe for Shoo Fly Pie.

 

[kieser sousa/rip]

I found this a few years back and it was ID'ed as something to do with the girl scouts.

 

[Davo]

Does it ring when you whack it?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I found this a few years back and it was ID'ed as something to do with the girl scouts.View attachment 773646

another example found. Hey Breezie would that be "Shoo fly, dont bother me...?" I think there is also a shoofly whiskey flask.

 

[Breezie]

another example found. Hey Breezie would that be "Shoo fly, dont bother me...?" I think there is also a shoofly whiskey flask.

BCH, I feel pretty sure it's all related from the 1860's song, Shoo Fly Don't Bother Me, and then there's an Amish pie called Shoo Fly Pie.

Breezie

 

[mical66]

Hmmm, i see alot of posts already , makes me afraid to say anything,,lol

but my first guess was a bellhop bell for a front desk,, you would smack the fly to make it ring.