odds n ends, some at old house, some NC surrender camp

[ncwayne]

The knurled brass cylinder is just under 2" long x just over .5" dis. I think it may be agricultural, but was found in a known late war confederate camp area.

The strangely shaped segment of ? is .5" wide, appears to be of brass and looks as if it has an iron pin through it in the "humped" cross section. Also found in known late war confederate camp area.

The "key looking" item is not a key (in the typical sense). There is no indication around the barrel that it ever had a lug attached to it (that would have carried the keying notches).
I could be wrong. Maybe it is a key that is just missing the (usually attached) rectangular lug? It is just over 2.5" long and the barrel is .25" dia. Found in the yard at an old house.

The brass item with the two holes in it is just under 1.5" long x just over .75" wide. It's flat, and strangely (to me), the back side of the holes are chamfered (whether intentionally, or not). Found in the yard at an old house.

The bullet is flattened on one side and measures .696" dia. and approx .65" high. It has a circular impression in the top of it in the shape of a narrow ring. Found among minie balls and round balls in known late war confederate camp area.
Looks very close to a Nessler 69 cal I have, but appears to be just slightly taller, and the Nessler does not have the circular imprint on the top. Could be this one is just deformed from flattening/impact/ramrodding?

The last item is brass, 1.25" long and 5/16" wide. It looks like it might have been used on the end of a woven belt, but that's just a guess. Found in known late war confederate camp area.

Any and all help with IDs much appreciated.

Thanks for looking.

 

[Charles(Sabre)(Tx)]

That first item looks to me to be a cap or cover for an old air tube type valve stem. Old model type cars had something similar but usually chrome plated. Not sure about any of the others.

 

[RustyNTX]

n/t

 

[Aarong81]

It looks like a broken skeleton key, can't think what else would look like that. The bullet or a portion of a lead bullet, it looks like it still shows rifling on it, I agree it looks flatten from impact resulting in enlarging its diameter.

 

[ncwayne]

I guess I'm a bit dense. I've never seen a skeleton key with such a large diameter shaft/barrel before. There is a bit of roughness to the very end of the shaft where the locking/unlocking lug has been broken off.

The bullet is still a bit of a puzzler. I'm including 3 more photos of it to show the ring in the top of it, the flat spot on it, and that the grooves are damage and not riflings. Rough dia (due to the flattening) is .696" Height is .637" but bullet is not symmetrical in height. Weight is 464 grains (30 grams). Closest match I have found is page 26, item 64 in Civil War Projectiles II by McKee and Mason.

Thanks for looking. Thanks for your help in ID-ing these items.

 

[Ant]

Ford Model T valve stem cap is what they are trying to recall.

 

[Aarong81]

I was just going through some of my old finds and noticed this skeleton key looks pretty similar. Several of the features are really close, including the rings on the shaft. Maybe someone repurposed an old key for a different use or it was broken. But I think the rings either support it being a key or at least cannot rule out a key.

 

[HuntinDog]

Interesting finds...
Your first item is a valve stem cap from an early auto.
The second one I'm not sure. I've seen things similar, but can't be sure.
The third one looks like an old key with the end broken off.
The forth item has the look of a decorative backing for a drawer pull or something of that sort.
The fifth picture I think is a lead shot gun slug.
The last item could be a belt end, but I'm not sure.
Hope this gives you a direction to search.

GL & HH