What is this?

[Randall0123]

Went metal detecting on a friends civil war property in Virginia and found this. Curious what it is and if anyone know how I can find out what it is. Still very new to this and unsure how to identify things and what are good places to look. Any advice is appreciated.

 

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[DCMatt]

Wow this is awesome. I’m sorry for taking so long to respond.

I never would have seen the letters. So what would that be? Like a door sign? Just interested in when it was made and who it was.

A picture of the other side of the item might help with an ID.

At first I thought it was a belt buckle. but it seems too large for that,

Intertwined initials like that were popular in the late 19th - early 20th C.

 

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[Georgivs]

OK I'm pretty sure I know what this is! I saw this post a while back and took me some time to find it again. I think this is a decoration off an old wood stove like the one pictured here.

This wood stove came out of my friends house and when he moved in it was the only source of heat and hot water, yes! it has a built in hot water heater! sadly it sat out in the elements so long it's rusted through in many places.

EDIT: search BSM antique wood stove and you can find someone selling trivets like the ones pictured here with your monogram on them! Can anyone find out what BSM stands for?

 

[DCMatt]

OK I'm pretty sure I know what this is! I saw this post a while back and took me some time to find it again. I think this is a decoration off an old wood stove like the one pictured here.

This wood stove came out of my friends house and when he moved in it was the only source of heat and hot water, yes! it has a built in hot water heater! sadly it sat out in the elements so long it's rusted through in many places.

EDIT: search BSM antique wood stove and you can find someone selling trivets like the ones pictured here with your monogram on them! Can anyone find out what BSM stands for?

Winner winner!

It's from the door of a South Bend Malleable cook stove. S B M

 

[Georgivs]

Awesome! I didn't try the other permutations of the initials! I really hate that old style of intertwined letters.