what is it.

[alabama11]

Found at 1950 period housing.
Made of brass. No inscriptions or backm arks.

 

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[tokameel]

Perhaps it is a starter/flywheel that is used on a small gasoline motor. Put a knot on the end of a rope. Wrap that rope around the flywheel and pull. Repeat if necessary until motor starts. For a lawn mower or ...

 

[trdking]

Looks like a bezel for a small combination lock Like they had at the post office.

 

[alabama11]

Thank you all. I thought maybe a brass fire extinguisher knob. Need a firemans help possibly.

 

[tokameel]

It is a little too ornate to be a FLYWHEEL.

 

[xaos]

Its an oven knob

 

[fishguy]

my kid used to play with a toy call bay blades or something like that, and they had a metal ring in them like that and about that size lol, I'm sure i'm wrong but thats the first thing i saw. I know when i would run across them in the yard with the detector they would ring up around lead to copper depending what i was swinging.

 

[Doubter in MD]

Early fidget spinner prototype.

 

[DCMatt]

my kid used to play with a toy call bay blades or something like that, and they had a metal ring in them like that and about that size lol, I'm sure i'm wrong but thats the first thing i saw. I know when i would run across them in the yard with the detector they would ring up around lead to copper depending what i was swinging.

Agree. That was my first thought. Part of a Beyblade battling top.