Musket part

[kaolinwasher]

This suprized me today.

 

[Odanscoils]

That's Cool.
Maybe work out circling.
Maybe you'll find the rest.

 

[JimmyCT]

Holy smokes Gunnar, I haven’t seen you in a while. I hope everything is well with you.what kind of detector you using these days?

 

[kaolinwasher]

Jimmy I still got the ORX, and moved to the western suburbs of Minneapolis, a small town called Howard lake , good to hear from you as well ,.

 

[kaolinwasher]

That's Cool.
Maybe work out circling.
Maybe you'll find the rest.

Ya,lots of good things hid by big iron in the spot.

 

[Odanscoils]

Ya,lots of good things hid by big iron in the spot.

Can't wait to see more.

 

[Odanscoils]

Ya,lots of good things hid by big iron in the spot.

That iron could be the barrel.
Good Luck

 

[CT Todd]

Those are nice finds for sure and definitely a trigger guard But more modern than a Musket in my opinion. Get out there

 

[Wild Willy]

Would the trigger guard on a musket have a reason to pivot? I know very little about muskets and maybe I don't see a pivot point. Old eyes see things that are not really there. Very old eyes! I agree with CT.

 

[Odanscoils]

Would the trigger guard on a musket have a reason to pivot? I know very little about muskets and maybe I don't see a pivot point. Old eyes see things that are not really there. Very old eyes! I agree with CT.

Hmmm
I see a mounting screw. No pivot though.
And a broken trigger guard.

 

[Ted S]

Is that made of an aluminum alloy or pot metal. Looks modern to me also. The metal looks like the type that would be on a Marlin model 60. Is that black paint or bluing?

 

[kaolinwasher]

Is that made of an aluminum alloy or pot metal. Looks modern to me also. The metal looks like the type that would be on a Marlin model 60. Is that black paint or bluing?

It's solid brass

 

[fwcrawford]

That trigger guard looks old to me.. I believe the part just in front of the trigger guard with the hole in it is for a sling mount
The section that is below the trigger appears wider than the rest of the guard too which is common on older trigger guards.

 

[Ted S]

Thanks! If it's solid brass than it is old. I recently sold a Harpers Ferry 1816 69 caliber musket that was made in 1831 and that trigger guard was steel.

 

[Picketwire]

Here is something similar:

Original P53 Enfield Rifle Musket Brass Trigger Guard. | #1910204906

Original P53 Enfield Brass Trigger Guard. Front of the guard is bent. Please see all photos for condition.

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Brass Trigger Guard-Flintlock Musket: Dug Creek Indian War Site in Alabama | #4556908442

Relic from a Site of Andy Jackson during the Creek War: Creek Indian Wars in Alabama.▪️This could have been from a Militiaman Volunteer's Musket ,▪️Could have been one of the Creek Redstick Warriors.▪

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