Old house site still giving up some goodies....

[fwcrawford]

My buddy and I decided to try an old home site one more time before calling it quits due to tick season coming on.
This site has been good to us as far as giving up some good buttons and today we got six more military buttons.
I also found a couple of lantern parts with the patent dates on the wick adjuster.
One has a patent date of March 8, 1868 and the other one has two dates which are June 30, 1863 and Feb 4, 68.
Also there is a name on the one with two dates; RIESS.
Also found were an old ring, part of a powder flask, a flat button, a flower button with some gilt still on it ( I found one exactly like it a couple of weeks ago) and one item my buddy found that we can't ID.
It is pictured in the upper center next to the spur part.
I also attached a close up photo of it.
It looks like some sort of handle or device to grip with your fingers and has an attaching point.. could use some help on this.
Thanks for looking,
Felix

 

[laserfeller]

The piece beside the stirrup looks like the handle to a candle holder. Your forefinger goes thru the hole with your thumb resting on the saddle at the top. The extension with the small rivet top on one side and small rivet hole on the other attached to the candle holder.
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/4/4/6/7/8/webimg/509911943_tp.jpg

Is the circular piece with the three holes threaded? If so, it may be part of an artillery fuse.
http://www.relicman.com/artillery/zArchiveArt.zFuse.11.Confederate.Ball.htm

 

[laserfeller]

n/t

 

[Hank68]

Very nice, great buttons!

 

[Cajuncoinhunter]

SWEEEEEEEEETTTT Buttons and great ID by laserfeller . cch.

 

[Ex-Sox]

Outstanding button day!!

 

[DIGGING4WORMS1971]

wow! very nice finds

 

[Deno]

Those are some outstanding finds.

 

[Deno]

laserfeller, that is the first complete candle holder i have ever seen.

Is it a reproduction?