What is it

[Rookster]

I found this brass retainer near West Point Mississippi. Looks to me to be some sort of drum string tension bracket. If you have any ideas please let me know.


There is a threaded stud on the backside with nut still on it.
The word Calvary in barely ledgable under the crest which you can't see in this pic.

 

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[DCMatt]

May we see the backside with the nut?

You typed Calvary. Did you mean Cavalry?

 

[Rookster]

Yes I meant cavalry,
My hunting buddy found one like it that had " Union Forever" under the crest.

 

[Spats]

I think it is a banjo tensioner. Do a search for eagle banjo tensioner and you will see some.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...andy-station&usg=AOvVaw3572Tg9x6Tt1GbJfC1aKfm

 

[Spats]

Scroll down to bigkid4 for a picture of a banjo with a similar eagle.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/129002-civil-war-camp.html?highlight=eagle+banjo

 

[Rookster]

After deer season we'll he this site again. Not sure if it's a camp but we can only hope.

 

[Rookster]

Looking at your Google search it a definite maybe. Thanks

 

[DCMatt]

 

[Rookster]

Very cool to see that. My buddy that has one also will like that too. I think we have found a honey hole. Thanks.

 

[Brice Alms]

This is a great find, It is a shoe of a 1863 model banjo. These are pretty rare.
If you want to see what they would have sounded like, go to my youtube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfFmMfQzwUd1jWhzJctQNwQ

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

That cast brass eagle-&-nut device was also used as a civil war era drum-head tensioner. I've seen them on such drums in real-life, at civil war relic shows.

 

[Rookster]

That cast brass eagle-&-nut device was also used as a civil war era drum-head tensioner. I've seen them on such drums in real-life, at civil war relic shows.

Very cool. Thanks to all that contributed to identifying the device. We're going back to the site this coming weekend.

 

[Rookster]

This is a great find, It is a shoe of a 1863 model banjo. These are pretty rare.
If you want to see what they would have sounded like, go to my youtube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfFmMfQzwUd1jWhzJctQNwQ

Thanks, I did go to your site. Very nice video. Hope to find a few more goodies at this site.

 

[Rookster]

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Thanks for the pic.

 

[Rookster]

Scroll down to bigkid4 for a picture of a banjo with a similar eagle.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/129002-civil-war-camp.html?highlight=eagle+banjo

Could be.