Help with some relic ID's 1

[Anonymous]

Hello, I have several things I need to be identified. I'm sure someone can help. Here is the first item. It's brass. Dime is for size comparison.....Thanks Aaron

 

[Anonymous]

Here is the next item. It is also brass.

 

[Anonymous]

Next items. These are brass also......Aaron

 

[Anonymous]

This is brass also. It's threaded on the end....Aaron

 

[Anonymous]

I think this might be part of a trigger guard for a pistol??? It's also brass........Aaron

 

[Anonymous]

We have found two of these. They appear to be hinged on the small end. They are stamped brass. The two indentions are where it was folded over and the hinge pushed into it. Thanks.......Aaron

 

[Anonymous]

Anyone an expert on carved lead? I'm guessing the bent ones are pencils. I know the one on top left is a weight for fishing. I am curious about the cannon looking one though. It appears to have wood in the "barrel". Also, the piece right below the "cannon thing" to the left might be a piece that was stuck in the barrel of a gun when the nipple was removed? The fatter end is carved just right like it was made to fit into something exactly. What do you think? Thanks.......Aaron

 

[Anonymous]

Similar to a bullet gauge but not exactly. Not really sure.

 

[Anonymous]

Unknown to me, however an old and interesting piece.

 

[Anonymous]

That screwed the top clamp of a flintlock and held the flint in place.

 

[Anonymous]

Hi Aaron; lead has been carved into an uncountable number of objects. Some have positive ID, while many more were nothing more than "lead whittling." Your fishing sinker could well have been used for a breech loading carbine weight. Soldiers would tie them on one end of a string and an oil rag on the other end. They would drop the lead weight down the open breech of the barrel and pull the oil rag through. Thus cleaning/oiling the barrel. It could be either object; or something only the person making it knew. Some are most likely lead pencils, while some could be anything. Civilian's, like Soldiers would carve lead. During the 19th century (and before) they knew nothing of lead poisoning. Nice and ususual group of finds, David @ Dixie