what are these metal items?

konsole

I got my first metal detector for Christmas and havent found a whole lot but I've found a little bit.
So far I've found...

6 memorial cents
1 wheat cent
4 clad Roosevelt dimes
4 clad whashington quarters

but these items here I was hoping I could get some more info on...

obviously this is some kind of water knob but does it look old to anyone? I found it about 5 inches deep


I think these are 2 links that go to a swing chain on a swing set because I found them about 10 feet apart about 4 inches down under an old swingset


found this about 6 inches down next to an old burned down house. My father said he thinks its a lead piece used for roofing. It's flexible btw.


found these items on an old closed down beach about 5 inches down. Are they bullets?

joefro

Congrats on all of your finds! Ive been detecting for a couple of months now and still havent found a wheat cent so thats awesome you got one!

That first item is definitely a knob. Kohler makes all kinds of water faucets. Looks like you got the cold one... did you look around for the "H" one?
I dont know about the chain looking things. How big are they? They look big.
I dont know about the third. Could be tin or something...
The last one look like bullets to me but I dont know what kind. There are a lot more knowledgeable people around here who will be able to help out though. Just wanted to say hi and have fun with that new detector!

lordmarcovan

#1- yup. Cold water faucet handle. Looks 1960's or later, if I were to guess.

#2- I'd have been stumped without your clue. Now that you mention it, they do look swingset-related.

#3- Probably lead- I would agree with your father's guess. Could be tin or aluminum siding, but lead would certainly be more flexible, and that looks like lead to me.

#4- Yes. Bullets.

So you've been "Wheated", eh? Well, the first milestone is accomplished. Good work! Now go get that first silver!

Man

It looked like you had fun the cold water faucet is the same one I had in my childhood apartment in the 1970s. I can't wait to see if you ever find those doorknobs that look like giant diamond.

konsole

haha I saw the "C" on the water knob but didnt really think much of it meaning cold. I found those 2 links about 10 feet apart but they seem to go together as in the 2 points on one of them goes into the 2 holes on the other and likewise. Not a solid hold but then another metal piece probably held them together. The links are about 2 inches long btw. I'm so psyched to scan the crap out of that closed down beach because its been closed for 15 years or more and use to be quite popular back then for people that didnt have pools. Plus nobody ever goes there so there wont be anybody to bug me. Are those older bullets or fairly new? My father didnt think they were bullets because of how the head on one of them is rounded off and not flat.

Man

I thought the last pictures were pieces of rebar not bullets but I haven't seen that many bullets.

laserart

The bullets look to be the type used in a muzzle loading weapon, rifle or pistol that uses black powder.

RG

Got to put my 2 cents in.

The two c-shaped items are standard connecting links for chain (such as may be used on a swingset) though the pins would need to be peened over for them to be secure enough. At the size you mentioned, Mcmaster-Carr catalog number 3576T13 maybe.

The blob is definitely a blob.

The " bullets" could be such The raised seam on the right hand one would make it a cast slug and the circumferential grooves look like crimp marks from a casing. On the other hand, it looks suspiciously like a really tired lead lag shield used on installing a bolt in masonry..

Metal detecting looks like a fun way to while away the hours, both lookin' and speculatinn'. I'll have to try it one of these days.

So what was the Wheatie?

RG

konsole

<< <i>The bullets look to be the type used in a muzzle loading weapon, rifle or pistol that uses black powder. >>



wow, can you be my daddy?

Umm the wheatie is just a 57-D

lordmarcovan

I disagree- those look like regular bullet slugs to me. Muzzle loading weapons usually fired a round musketball or a conical Minie bullet, but Minie bullets are usually of much larger caliber than that.



RG has a point about the raised seam, though- they might not be bullets at all but some sort of lead masonry doodad like he said.

The mushroomed point on the one on the left certainly looks like a bullet, though.

laserart

I say that because they look like the ones I use in my .54 cal.