Small tin piece with silkscreen design + car part?

Iggyks · Dec 4, 2019

A couple of recent finds. The small tin piece is asymmetrical, part of something, cleaned it in Evaporust thinking I could see letters on one side but it's just a silkscreened (?) design. Part of ???. The other piece looks like a pushbutton ffrom a car dash, maybe 1940s? Guitar pick for size reference.

Sage · Dec 5, 2019

Door latch, not sure on the tin. Not a clear view of shape. Pop

kingman mikey · Dec 5, 2019

Thats a push button from a car radio, 99% sure

jdjax · Dec 5, 2019

My guess for the push button item is that it is from a car radio.

Sage · Dec 5, 2019

That is not a push button. It is a door latch. Go open a door and look at the part that moves in and out to latch it. I've installed dozens of them.

Soil Surgeon · Dec 5, 2019

I'm going to play it safe and say it's a metallic object .

Iggyks · Dec 5, 2019

Sorry on the pix, indoor light was not good enough to define the tin thingie

matmit · Dec 6, 2019

+1 on the door latch, probably from the 60's just like my car has.

Sage · Dec 6, 2019

The piece looks like an early or commercial Schlage entrance door latch. It will be 3/4" in diameter. It is missing the outter mounting shell.

Sage · Dec 8, 2019

If any doubt. This was in my junk box.

Foragist · Dec 12, 2019

Sage is right! Not a car part at all. I knew I've seen that same thing before...
The tin thing is a little tough to get a reading from, so to speak. Looks like a part of an old tin toy or ??

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