Percussion rifle lock found

I suspect that would certainly date to the civil war era. Some locks were commercially made and sold thru jobbers to individual gunsmiths who built rifles. You could gently clean it and compare to online photos, carefully looking at the shape of the lock and hammer and you may be able to find a match.
That sure is a cool find. Considering that it is in the cocked position one can only imagine the conditions under which it was lost. I assume you have searched the area thoroughly for the barrel and buttplate.

this gun has a lock that closely resembles yours:
https://historical.ha.com/itm/milit...-Inventory-BuyNowFromOwner-ThisAuction-120115


unfortunately info is scarce..


Voriax

Been doing a lot internet searching on percussion locks and I think I finally found what type of rifle it came from. I'm reposting one of my pictures showing another photo of a US Model 1842 rifle. The locks are virtually identical. So most likely it was used during the Civil War. Confederate?? I'm definitely going back to this site to find more pieces of the rifle and hopefully determine there was a small camp in that area.