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    I am stumped on this one

    I'll take a guess - warp thread weights from a weavers loom. A loom would use a bunch of them. You mentioned that you found several and they tended to be deep, did you find them in the same site or at different locations?
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    Found this Today

    I believe you have a pendulum weight from an old clock, usually referred to as a pendulum bob. The wire loop is the key to spotting these (though some were tabs or even just part of the casting). this type was frequently used on mantel clocks where they wouldn't be visible so they tended not to...
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    Bullet Identification

    Sorry, I read your post and you said it's a little over 10g (for some reason I thought it was under) there are 15.43 grains per gram, your bullet would be slightly over so maybe 155 to 165 grain? Happy Hunting.
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    Bullet Identification

    30 cal (0.308 inch diameter) 150 grain (or thereabouts). It is kind of hard to tell from the image but it looks like a flat base full metal jacket,. If you clean up the tip and see lead then it's a soft point, if the tip is copper and the base is lead (in the center, the rim of the base usually...
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    A lead piece...of something...

    Very nice ID, I'll have to check out the CW forum, the diameter would be the deciding factor. I'm surprised it's zinc, usually that wouldn't flare out like on your relic, it would fracture. Interesting side note, the Gardiner shells were made from pewter, not lead so they'd fragment.
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    A lead piece...of something...

    If it is what I think it is you have a rare and very cool find. I believe you have the fired base of a Gardiner Exploding Musket Shell, if you search that term and select images you'll see what I mean. An interesting note - there is probably vert fine raised lettering cast in along the edge of...
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    I.D. help

    Man! a 375H&H now that's overkill - a 338 win mag puts them down just fine.
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    I.D. help

    I did a little work with the imageusing the quarter for scale, the closest diameter match, assuming the bullet is still circular in cross section, I came up with would be .366 in. That would give a tentative ID as a 9.3 mm projectile. The 9.3x62mm was a medium to large game cartridge that was...
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    Unknown pin

    Outstanding ID on this piece 7centsworth!
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    Not Sure What This Is!

    Sorry, I should have asked this first, did you check it with a magnet? I assumed it was solid brass.
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    Not Sure What This Is!

    Hello and nice finds. I think what you have found is the top to a stanchion post (think the velvet ropes they had in the old theaters, carnivals, circuses, etc. for showing where the lines formed) If you search " brass stanchion posts and ropes" and look at a few images you'll see what I mean...
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    What is it..?

    I really think Iowa Dale got it , run a quick search for "Vintage Anchor Brand Rivet" and in the first couple frames you'll see an actual box label with a logo that looks like a good match. The curved line would be the line from the anchor. These were made by the Townsend Company of New Brighton...
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    Badge

    Good Luck, and that would really be a find! In the rear view of the badge it looks like the second attachment to the strap was right at the eagle attachment, if that broke it could have been whay it was lost. Thanks for posting the neat Whatizit.
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    Badge

    Thanks Okie. What's pretty cool is that the organization is still around but in a more limited sense after joining with the Gordon Highlanders. There's plenty of history to follow up on there!
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    Badge

    OK I found one - it is listed as a "Company D Buffalo City Guards shoulder belt plate" the date was estimated at 1850 to 1870. The confusing part is that there was originally an eagle over the badge, measurements with the eagle gone come up a little short. G@@gle Shoulder Belt Plate for...
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    Badge

    I've been doing a bit of research on this, the size and style does not seem to line up with a typical police or military badge, they tend to be a little more reserved than having a rampant bull or buffalo. Just some thoughts here - could the CG be "Color Guard"? I have seen that a number of...
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    Old glasses

    Just from the looks of them I'm guessing mid 19th to early 20th century - I know that isn't much help but that general style has been around for a while. Nose pinchers (pince-nez) dominated the early and mid) but the style you found does overlap. I'm guessing a little on the actual rims that...
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    The Metal detector that was no.1

    Sovereign XS2a or Explorer, I'm still agonizing about the need to pick up an Etrac or CTX.
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    First metal detector finds

    Neat finds, It's kind of interesting that you found a few different styles, no two were the same but they all look like the same caliber (at least from the photo). If you measure their diameter you could determine it for sure. They look like 38 (they'd measure 0.357 inch, or thereabouts) my...
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    Military pin of some sort?

    I think fyrffytr1 nailed it, google mothers pin or son in service pin and you'll see a number of variants of these. The single star would indicate one son in service. Cool find, btw they are usually sterling.
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