Need help identifying metal "LUMP"

Returned to the hunting spot where I found the infamous "lump" and came away with "lump #2" and also a bullet that appears to be the same material :

LUMP-2.jpg

So now the question is, were they making solid brass projectile bullets? Maybe they were not real careful in their pouring process with the molds.

Hmmmm......

Coincidence. First off, brass is not melted "in the field" for bullets like lead was. The melting point is about a thousand degrees F hotter than for lead. More like something you'd do in a foundry. Second, it's not real likely that they cast them and shot them into the ground in close proximity to where the brass was melted. The bullet WAS fired as there are rifling marks on it.
If the three items ARE related to one another, it was most likely part of someone's scrap metal collection.
 
Looks like someone was doing some brazing and chipped off some of their sloppier work. Brazing/welding leftovers. That fits with the iron pieces being there.

I agree. And the glasslike areas are melted brazing flux. The round nipple-like portion is where the melted brazing rod flowed into a hole but did not stick.
 
I find that stuff all the time on Florida beaches. Actually find torched bolts all the time too. The melted aluminum ones like hitting in the quarter range. I even find melted metal in baseball parks. :?:
 
I understand all of those answers however a melted aluminem Can or any type of junk like that would not be made of primarily Silver and Gold correct? And as for the house fire forks, these materials are being found in the middle of nowhere and sometimes closer to home but we are finding this stuff in Nature at lakes and in deserts. I need to put a stronger emphasis on Silver, Gold, Copper, Iron, Lead, Cadmium, and Zinc are all present in these small 5-8 gram melted blobs. There is No traces of aluminum or tin or steel. Ive found 1 piece at a lake about an hour away and then 9 more pieces at a different lake 3 hours from the first 1. If you read other peoples posts on here or reddit you'll see it's not just at lakes and people dont get their stuff checked, I got every piece of mine checked.
 
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