🔎 UNIDENTIFIED 4 pound chunk of lead. Over a foot deep.

[Recoveredmol]

Found this while metal detecting a field in north Georgia.

4 pounds. Over a foot deep.

Any idea what this is?

Thanks.

 

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[pepperj]

It's called an ingot.
Though what is interesting is the whitish patina on the lead, which doesn't happen over a few years. This takes probably nearly a century.

 

[Recoveredmol]

Identified.

Thank you.