Leather workers! Burnishing Brass?

[Deserts Past]

Good afternoon from SoCal Deserts! So I detected this 3/4” x 3/4” x 3/4”, to what I believe to be brass piece from an early mining camp. Can you imagine what I thought at first when I uncovered this! GOLD!! I only wished! Any way it fits between three fingers very well and has this nicely polish, slightly rounded side. I thought maybe leather workers could fill me in if this was something they might of used back in the day to burnish leather?

 

[Deserts Past]

Oops! I forgot what forum I was on ! I do have the Deus 2 and this post should have been on the "Finds Forum" Is there a way to repost to the Finds Forum or should I just delete this post?

 

[Always..Lookin]

I would go ahead and post it there,very interesting to find out what it is.

 

[Listener]

What you said sounds plausible alright. Sure seems to be a finger tool probably used for rubbing over something. Kind of brings to mind on people making rubbings of old tombstone markers. Most of them used chalk but maybe wooden markers they used heavy paper and a rubbing tool. Was it a deep or shallow find? Maybe a local artist used it and lost it. You have a mystery piece.

 

[Deserts Past]

What you said sounds plausible alright. Sure seems to be a finger tool probably used for rubbing over something. Kind of brings to mind on people making rubbings of old tombstone markers. Most of them used chalk but maybe wooden markers they used heavy paper and a rubbing tool. Was it a deep or shallow find? Maybe a local artist used it and lost it. You have a mystery piece.

Thanks for the comment! I had never heard of the tombstone marker practice before! It was 3-4" in somewhat hard packed soil. Yep, for sure a mystery piece! I normally can research most of my finds out but this one was/is a stickler. Thanks

 

[Listener]

From your description and picture it surely appears to be a man made finger held tool. Some enterprising dude decided that and used it in a similar fashion For rubbing or pressing something. 3-4 “ in that area it must have been quite a while back.