🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Thought I had another head stamp at first

Blackfoot58

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ID was in the brass/copper area. When covered with dirt, looked like old shotgun shell cap. Surprised to see it isn’t. Very heavy for its size (about diameter of a nickel) due to thick walls. Small 5-point star in center. The inside has threads and the outside rim is knurled for gripping to twist. I’ve seen some very old electrical fuses that had screw-on end caps, but this just doesn’t seem like those. The top may have more small designs. I’ll try to clean better. Thanks
 

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Looks like a lid off of a gunpowder tin.
The diameter would be about right. Were they extremely heavy at one time? The ones I remember were lighter, like tin. Thanks
 

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