That's interesting. I'm leaning toward a flint striker.
When you first posted, I did an image search based on your photo and came up with items similar to that photo in Brice's post. But searching images under the search term "flint striker," I get more images similar to your find; along with wide variations of the theme.
What you found may have been off an old Revolutionary War era rifle, which an early Caucasian or even Native individual may have carried.
When you first posted, I did an image search based on your photo and came up with items similar to that photo in Brice's post. But searching images under the search term "flint striker," I get more images similar to your find; along with wide variations of the theme.
What you found may have been off an old Revolutionary War era rifle, which an early Caucasian or even Native individual may have carried.
DAW
~When You Live in Nevada, "just down the road" is anywhere in the line of sight within the curvature of the earth.
~When You Live in Nevada, "just down the road" is anywhere in the line of sight within the curvature of the earth.