Hey Pappy Can U ID?

[Tn Dirt Digger]

Pappy I found this at a site that I have found several CW artifacts.....A fellow TQ member "Digging Fool" dug one in W.Va.....both of us are stumped...It's larger than a quarter but smaller than a half and a little less than a 1/2" thick...made of brass.....can u help?

[PAPPY]

George, I saw it on the CW Forum and I'm looking into it.

[Tn Dirt Digger]

Originally Posted by PAPPY

George, I saw it on the CW Forum and I'm looking into it.

I posted it on the CW forum yesterday morning but I hadn't gotten any responses.....sorry....I should have more patient....thanks for tolerating me.

[PAPPY]

Haven't given up...Still looking

[pris]

It looks like the insided is threaded, like it would go on the end of a pipe. Am I just crazy?

[PAPPY]

I am NOT POSITIVE, BUT, I think it is a cover for a concrete floor electerical box.

[Tn Dirt Digger]

Originally Posted by pris

It looks like the insided is threaded, like it would go on the end of a pipe. Am I just crazy?

Hey Pris...There are no threads....

[Tn Dirt Digger]

Originally Posted by PAPPY

I am NOT POSITIVE, BUT, I think it is a cover for a concrete floor electerical box.

Hey Pappy...I appreciate ya not forgetting me...thanks for your time...

[Digging Fool]

Originally Posted by Tn Dirt Digger

Hey Pappy...I appreciate ya not forgetting me...thanks for your time...

George, I can tell you with little doubt that these two "things" are from the Civil War. We may never know exactly what they are, but I am totally convinced. If you and I have the only known 2 of these, they are rare. On the other hand, they may have caused us too much worry over their purpose, and maybe we need to each take them back out to bury them, so someone else will have the same problem that we have. Only kidding, of course....

[baspinall]

I used to have a bottle opener that looked alot like that.