Got me baffled!

[klinga]

Found this today done plenty of googling but nothing

I can read 37 in the bottom right corner it is from a place where I have found 1862-1940s

Any ideas, strange shape!

 

[Nugget]

Interesting find, does the reverse side look the same?

 

[klinga]

Unfortunately I can't identify anything on the reverse side!

 

[HeadsUp]

could an old timer have filed down a penny to make himself a guitar pick or banjo pick ?

sorry . best i could think of

 

[Nugget]

Unfortunately I haven't seen anything like it and can't find anything online either.

 

[Ramjet]

Any more info to help the search?
The type of place it was found? Military? Public Area?
You got an 80 odd year spread there.
Interesting piece.

 

[klinga]

It was found near a river in public land I've cleaned it up but can't really get much off it will try photoshop it defiantly looks to have been filed down to be a pick

 

[Pr2cv]

It looks like an old keyhole cover from a vintage padlock to me

 

[Billy]

Gunna go with Pr2cv on this one. Was thinking along same lines.

 

[klinga]

I'd agree with the keyhole theory but it doesn't seem to have anywhere it would have connected. I'm still leaning towards pick I think I can see the nose of Edward vii I'm sure an old timer is sitting back having a good laugh at me!

 

[casper]

I reckon the past owner was a banjo player, .......from California

 

[woolshed]

Key hole cover sounds good,, or a coin,, But if it looks to be filed down, it could be the centerpiece off the front of a horse harness. I detected one recently. My photo shows a flattened candle snuff and bronze disc. The other photo is of a horse harness.

I can't show you my photos ( photobucket ) as I have not made ten posts. Rules are rules.

Cheers, Woolshed.

 

[silver]

I can see Caspers face in the top left ,if you tilt your head to the right. (8 o'clock halfway out.)

 

[G0lddigg@]

might be a token of some sort or keyhole cover...

 

[BSellin]

OK - first one is a 5c coin. Took me a while and a bit of googling around but I worked it out. Sorry, was a long search. 2nd one, has me stumped but I don't agree on the guitar pick. If you made a pick why file both sides, when you need a point on one side. To have something symmetrical would mean it was manufactured for something, ie keyhole cover or something else.

Just my thoughts.

 

[Keen Ken]

I have seen old plates like this on old wooded items like the legs of old survey equipment, telephones cases, wooden camera boxes etc, with brand names, manufacturer printed on them.
Some are made of brass and some steel.
Check out some old antique pieces, I think you will see what I mean.

 

[TTKooAu]

What sort of metal is it?
Attracted to magnet?
And the dimples, are they raised or are they punched from the obverse side?