๐Ÿ”Ž UNIDENTIFIED Unknown but interesting

TORRERO

30+ YEARS, XP DEUS I & II ARE MY GO TO MACHINES
Nov 17, 2004
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Maybe a "grip cap" for a sword or a knife?

 

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Found this a LONG time ago in a playground under a swing set (public park) I had just stopped to look for coins when this popped out..
Beautiful design, but obviously NOT a button, and much older than the park where it was found..
Any help is great !
A lot of people have seen this but can anyone give me an idea of the age of that eagle ?
 

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What size is it?
One would think after years on this forum. Folks would actually state a size.
So we need to measure the ๐Ÿ–•add a little more. Then figure out if the fingers are of the sausage variety or regular size.
Though the details of the item is pretty good.
Patina is good.
The hole is not newly drilled.
Would it have been a 2 piece domed button at one time.
A small ringer from a bell contraption.
Wonder if the OP will actually measure it.
But the question begs how big and hiw old was the swing set?

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I think it's the front of a two-piece button that was "repaired" in the field for continued use as a button.

I searched for a match but didn't find an exact. The style of the droop wing eagle with shield is similar to the Alabama Volunteer Corps eagle (obviously NOT an AVC without the initials...).
 

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One would think after years on this forum. Folks would actually state a size.
So we need to measure the ๐Ÿ–•add a little more. Then figure out if the fingers are of the sausage variety or regular size.
Though the details of the item is pretty good.
Patina is good.
The hole is not newly drilled.
Would it have been a 2 piece domed button at one time.
A small ringer from a bell contraption.
Wonder if the OP will actually measure it.
But the question begs how big and hiw old was the swing set?

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Playground was modern, like a local park in a small town, I don't remember much about it actually only that I think it was in SC somewhere and I was passing through and saw playground equipment and went for some free money,
This WAS NOT THE BARK IN A BOX type playground but a " TOWN SQUARE" type city park... with dirt under the equipment, so it could have been there from before the park was laid out ... IDK
And I do have fat sausage fingers although I have lost some weight..
I can try to get measurements but diameter is probably the size of a quarter, It does NOT appear to be a button that lost its back, much too big for that...
And yes I wish I could remember where it came from because this actually looks old, and I would love to go back..
It's one of the PRETTIEST Eagles I have ever seen on an item...
 

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Part of a bicycle bell - given that it was found at a modern playground???
 

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Playground was modern, like a local park in a small town, I don't remember much about it actually only that I think it was in SC somewhere and I was passing through and saw playground equipment and went for some free money,
This WAS NOT THE BARK IN A BOX type playground but a " TOWN SQUARE" type city park... with dirt under the equipment, so it could have been there from before the park was laid out ... IDK
And I do have fat sausage fingers although I have lost some weight..
I can try to get measurements but diameter is probably the size of a quarter, It does NOT appear to be a button that lost its back, much too big for that...
And yes I wish I could remember where it came from because this actually looks old, and I would love to go back..
It's one of the PRETTIEST Eagles I have ever seen on an item...
Geez it's like trying to pull teeth out of a chicken sometimes.

Get a tape measure and measure it. Depth/across.
So you expect everyone to know the measurement of the finger, then a quarter.
Sometimes it's a real struggle.
 

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