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[Rattlehead]

Found this thingamajig and have no idea what it is. I originally thought it was made of brass but I scrapped a little of the corrosion off and its silver in color, but definitely not made of silver. Not lead either. It has a couple of loops over a slot on the back if you look closely. Its fairly heavy so I don't think its a brooch. Any ideas?

 

[HuntinDog]

It's a Clock Pendulum Weight

 

[Rattlehead]

It's a Clock Pendulum Weight

That sounds like a good ID to me. Thanks!

 

[cellrdwellr]

Neat find! Can't say I've seen one before congrats!

 

[Rattlehead]

Neat find! Can't say I've seen one before congrats!

Thanks bud!


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[ncplumber]

A lot of clock pendulums were hidden in the case, they were usually plain, round, and unplated, yours was meant to be visible , thus the reason for the plating and fancy design, I do believe the base metal to be lead.

 

[Rattlehead]

A lot of clock pendulums were hidden in the case, they were usually plain, round, and unplated, yours was meant to be visible , thus the reason for the plating and fancy design, I do believe the base metal to be lead.

It could be. It's heavy like lead but definitely not soft like lead though.


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[tnsharpshooter]

Educational thread here for me.

Congrats on your find btw.

 

[Crackerjack]

It could be. It's heavy like lead but definitely not soft like lead though.


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Lead is soft when it is pure--it is often alloyed with other metals to make it harder. For example, a lot of hand-loaders of ammunition will alloy pure lead to make bullets harder so that they don't lead gun barrels when driven at higher velocities. Antimony is usually the metal that they are after to create a harder bullet. Your weight was likely alloyed with another, cheaper metal for economy.

 

[Rattlehead]

Congrats on your find btw.

Thanks bud.

Lead is soft when it is pure--it is often alloyed with other metals to make it harder. For example, a lot of hand-loaders of ammunition will alloy pure lead to make bullets harder so that they don't lead gun barrels when driven at higher velocities. Antimony is usually the metal that they are after to create a harder bullet. Your weight was likely alloyed with another, cheaper metal for economy.

That's a good possibility. Could be a lead alloy.

Thanks for the replies guys.




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[WildDigger]

It's a Clock Pendulum Weight

Cool ID.
Congratulations Rattlehead.

 

[Rattlehead]

Cool ID.

Congratulations Rattlehead.

Thanks bud!


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[Ricki7]

Amazed how quickly a find gets ID , Con grats on the find and ID. HH

 

[Rattlehead]

Amazed how quickly a find gets ID , Con grats on the find and ID. HH

Thanks man. Yep. Back in the day I used to keep a big stack of books to help ID my finds. Don't need em anymore now that we have the interweb forums!



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