More Tennessee CW Relics and a whatsit!!!

[VOL1266X]

Dman and I planned to return to the U.S. CW site where I found the Tennessee Veterans Pin on Friday. We had to postpone due to a rare Tennessee snow day. We had heavy rain last week and we wanted to see if we could dig deep targets. We finally got in a 3 hour hunt early Sunday Morning. I found 4 dropped 3 ring bullets, a lead coated nail, remains of an "Extra Quality" Eagle Button, a a brass/iron whatsit.
This is not the first lead coated nail that I have found in campsites. One theory is that the soldiers dipped the nails in lead and rubbed them into the charcoal of campfires so they could mark on paper as if they were a pencil. Do you know any other reason???
The whatsit has us puzzled. You can judge its size by the first pic. The long part is iron and the wide part is brass. Dman believes it may be a trigger assembly for a gun with the long iron part being the trigger and the brass portion being the mount. Any ideas? There is no evidence of an old homesites in that area. Excuse the pics but my good camera is broken but I KNOW Santa has the one that I picked out.
I included the remains of the button because it disintegrated in my hands. These buttons are soon to be gone due due to acid rain and ground action. Get 'em while you can.

2008 CW Relic Count=160 YTD

Happy Holidays and Good Huntin' from Middle Tennessee!!!

 

[daryllpugh]

Great finds. Where are you guys hunting in middle Tenn.? I hunt in Franklin and further south in Tenn. Maybe we could get together for a hunt. Let me know.

 

[Lizardchaser]

Looks like your still diggin a few...can't help on the mysterio object. Keep

 

[GRAY GHOST]

hey vol1266, i see you and dman have had some good luck lately. congrats! ya'll doin' a lot better than i am! the brass whatzit really reminds me of a sword hanger missing the hook. it just seems to fit. hh!

 

[VOL1266X]

hey vol1266, i see you and dman have had some good luck lately. congrats! ya'll doin' a lot better than i am! the brass whatzit really reminds me of a sword hanger missing the hook. it just seems to fit. hh!

GG, Realebill on anther site sent me a pic of an old toy cap pistol from the 60s era. Dman had found a large portion of a pistol like that in the same field we were hunting minus the hammer. The whatsit is the hammer from the toy pistol. Good luck and Happy Holidays from Middle Tennessee!!!