Possible Gun Part???

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DetectingIowa

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• Dec 16, 2017

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Found this near an old school house. Says "Patented 1849" and something else that I cannot make out. I'm thinking some sort of gun part, but I'm sure you all are all much more knowledgeable than I am!

 

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Bayoutalker

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• Dec 16, 2017

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If I remember correctly it is a part of a window latch.

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• Dec 16, 2017

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Bayoutalker said:

If I remember correctly it is a part of a window latch.

Cliff

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You remember the mid 1850's Cliff?!? ...It does look like an old window latch part, but might be something else.
You should brush it a little cleaner, with soapy water. Try to get the rest of it readable. That may be your best clue.

 

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• Dec 16, 2017

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Don't know what it is, except that it is not a gun part.

 

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• Dec 16, 2017

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I do think it's made to swing, kinda like a piano part or typewriter part. Not sure that's helpful.

 

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• Dec 17, 2017

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Foragist said:

You remember the mid 1850's Cliff?!? [emoji38]...It does look like an old window latch part, but might be something else.
You should brush it a little cleaner, with soapy water. Try to get the rest of it readable. That may be your best clue.

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Not quite that old! I seem to remember having that type of latch on the windows at my elementary school. The school didn't date quite that far back but early 1900's I would think.

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• Dec 17, 2017

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Bayoutalker said:

If I remember correctly it is a part of a window latch.

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Agreed.

 

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• Dec 21, 2017

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Latches with similar handles were used for many applications during late 19th and early 20th cent. Windows and extension table halves come immediately to mind.

 

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• Dec 26, 2017

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looks like a thumb press for a bicycle bell?
maybe...

 

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• Dec 26, 2017

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Joshbiz said:

looks like a thumb press for a bicycle bell?
maybe...

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To heavy a material for that. Those were thin pressed steel parts.

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• Dec 29, 2017

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Joshbiz said:

looks like a thumb press for a bicycle bell?
maybe...

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Ahhhhh.... Somebody guessed my guess before me.
Bicycle bell +1

 

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• Dec 29, 2017

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Joshbiz said:

looks like a thumb press for a bicycle bell?
maybe...

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Bayoutalker said:

To heavy a material for that. Those were thin pressed steel parts.

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MacDiarmada said:

Ahhhhh.... Somebody guessed my guess before me.
Bicycle bell +1

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As Bayoutalker pointed out, it's far too heavy and thick for that purpose. The thumb press on every one I've ever seen and/or handled, even very antique ones, was stamped metal.

Add to that the patent date of 1849 pre-dates any bicycle, so it cannot be a bicycle bell. I guess you could have had a thumb-operated bell for something other than a bicycle, but now we're really stretching.