Copper(ish) Whats-it.
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firemanphob
Junior Member
I think this is a thing for pulling shotgun shells from a shotgun if they get hung. I think if you clean it up, the three protrusions are actually hooks that will slide down on a shotgun shell rim. it would be sized for a particular gauge shot shell.
Well found.
Possibly along the lines of your one? (AD1900-1930)
Link:
https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/487186
Possibly along the lines of your one? (AD1900-1930)
Link:
https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/487186
beest
Elite Member
To me it looks like a broken terret ring.
https://www.google.com/search?q=ter...VDKuwKHc6mC2cQ_AUoAXoECAsQAw&biw=1379&bih=777
https://www.google.com/search?q=ter...VDKuwKHc6mC2cQ_AUoAXoECAsQAw&biw=1379&bih=777
Foragist
Forum Supporter
Great solve! I've never seen or heard of these. The description in Doug's link says that one(looks just like the one posted here) has the number 12 stamped on it.
So, K2gleaner, maybe yours has a gauge number on it? Very cool find!
Thanks to your spot-on I.D., I did a little cleaning and basic research.
Cleaning revealed this text:
BRIDGEPORT
G. I. CO.
1174N
Bridgeport Gun Implement Company
I grabbed a 12ga shell and found its too small and then too big for 20. Assuming it's for a 16ga gun.
They seem to come in brass but this one is not (I think). It seems the ring was coated with something at one point.
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Cleaning revealed this text:
BRIDGEPORT
G. I. CO.
1174N
Bridgeport Gun Implement Company
I grabbed a 12ga shell and found its too small and then too big for 20. Assuming it's for a 16ga gun.
They seem to come in brass but this one is not (I think). It seems the ring was coated with something at one point.
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PAS database holds 1,462,222 objects within 939,197 records yet there is only one record, shows they are not a common find even over this side of the pond?
I have never found one and I have never seen one found!
PAS:
"The Portable Antiquities Scheme is run by the British Museum and Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales to encourage the recording of archaeological objects found by members of the public in England and Wales.
Every year many thousands of archaeological objects are discovered, many of these by metal detector users, but also by people whilst out walking, gardening or going about their daily work.
Finds recorded with the Scheme help advance knowledge of the history and archaeology of England and Wales."
I have never found one and I have never seen one found!
PAS:
"The Portable Antiquities Scheme is run by the British Museum and Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales to encourage the recording of archaeological objects found by members of the public in England and Wales.
Every year many thousands of archaeological objects are discovered, many of these by metal detector users, but also by people whilst out walking, gardening or going about their daily work.
Finds recorded with the Scheme help advance knowledge of the history and archaeology of England and Wales."
waltr
Elite Member
Nice. Now have a positive ID and maybe with a little more research a date range on when this company produced these.
waltr
Elite Member
I found a list of their catalogs here:
https://www.cornellpubs.com/old-guns/historic-bridgeport.php
The catalogs date from 1881 to 1906 as BGI then Union Hardware from 1908-1913.
So I feel your shell extractor is in the date range of 1881-1904.
https://www.cornellpubs.com/old-guns/historic-bridgeport.php
The catalogs date from 1881 to 1906 as BGI then Union Hardware from 1908-1913.
So I feel your shell extractor is in the date range of 1881-1904.
