Anyone know what these are?

[RobSFRD]

Found these today buried buried in the little miami river in Ohio, at site which was a camping area for armies in the late1700's and early 1800's. I thought they were lead, but ringing up right on 80-81 on my AT Pro and a lead sinker rings in the 50's. any chance they could be silver, the Shawnees lived in this area and had a silver mine. They both stand in end, almost like an old game piece.

 

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[RobSFRD]

It's also very heavy and non magnetic

 

[flyadive]

Fishing weights

 

[vpnavy]

I agree with flyadive - fishing weights.

 

[RobSFRD]

U may be right, they have what looks like we're holes in them at one time. Any idea what they are made if? Like I said, ring as 80 on AT Pro

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

80-81 on my pro usually means copper but possibly lead. Do a scrape on one, that should tell you. If it is soft and shiny inside it is lead. They may also be part of a zinc anode. They can ring up in the 80s as well.
ZDD

 

[RobSFRD]

Anyone know what time period weights like this were used for fishing?

 

[golddigger12]

Between 7am-9am. Lol

 

[RobSFRD]

Lol, I think they are a little older than that, but that was funny!

 

[joshua2]

Very interesting

 

[Sawyer]

I can't believe I am the first person to correctly identify the ball point pen!!!

 

[RobSFRD]

I agree with flyadive - fishing weights.

These stones date back to Roman times according to photos on Internet. Don't think Romans were in Ohio. I know these are probably worthless, just trying to get time period. They were buried under the water quite a few inches.

 

[RobSFRD]

Looking at photos off a google search, im hoping these could possibly be Native American fishing weights. Look just like them and in the right area.

 

[Petrie502]

Looking at photos off a google search, im hoping these could possibly be Native American fishing weights. Look just like them and in the right area.

They didn't use metal a whole lot

 

[RobSFRD]

I agree, they show alot of stone weights, but same design. Who knows?

 

[RobSFRD]

Ok, I cleaned them up, one still had hole all the way through, the other is clogged, but hole is visible. I know these are fishing weights, could they be Native American or older? They are some type of metal.

 

[dutchtoga]

Check out the encyclopedia of rev war artifact. Native trade lead.

 

[smugglersbluez]

I have seen similar weights made from melted civil war era bullets. Hope this helps.

 

[bzbadger]

Zinc has been used for a long time and was used/still used on boats to corrode first rather than other metal on a boat. I found about 8lbs of zinc melted into the ground and it rang as silver on 3 different machines including my ATP. Zinc is hard stuff so if you can cut into it I'd say a lead mixture of some kind bit of not of lean towards zinc.

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[flyadive]

Usually when the lead weights are very old they have a white patina.