So, I was around a site that goes back to the late 1700s. I doubt this is that old but it looks like lead. It seems solid but almost like a rock inside. I don't know. I found some bullets online that resemble it. It almost feels like a rock. I wasn't sure if it was maybe a sinker. The color is slightly bluish as well and not pure white like some of the other lead I have dug at the site.
Foragist
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Looks like a fishing sinker. The kind that had a wire swivel through it, with the eye at the pointy end.
Voriax
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Plumb bob?
Voriax
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Possible steelyard weight, looks to have the remains an iron loop in the top?
Lots to look at in this link and they have a very wide range date.
https://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/q/steelyard+weight/thumbnail/1
Lots to look at in this link and they have a very wide range date.
https://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/q/steelyard+weight/thumbnail/1
I was thinking it could be as well. The site is near a marsh known for hunting and such. It was crumbly at the tip so there could have been another metal piece that could have disintegrated.
Sadly, I am in the US and those seem to be older than our history here. That is pretty interesting from what I looked through.
I found a few other pieced of melted lead so it may be a makeshift one.
