Baffled by this metal object since 1997

[coachbedford]

In 1997 I found this at the site of an old church campground in central Kentucky which dates back to 1890. It's metal, gray or gray-coated and I can't tell if it;s shaped, broken off or it just happened to come out that way. Has some weight to it, definitely. Lead possibly? Lead molten together by a fire? No clue really-- at one point I considered the possibility it's a meteorite. I'm just hoping someone has come across something similar and has been able to identify it. First pic shows it next to a penny to give you an idea of size.

 

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[CoinandRelicMan]

Magnet checked it? Unlikely to be meteor is my guess, they tend to rust and or have fusion coating and pitting like finger dents. Have you tried a scrape on ceramic and test with acid , supposedly can tell if is aluminum or silver then from how acid reacts. Usually lead is soft and silver or aluminum melted is hard.

 

[coachbedford]

Haven't magnet tested it, but I guess I should. I would think aluminum would be fairly lightweight while this feels dense and heavy. But maybe a lot of fused/melted together aluminum does get heavy? Not sure.

 

[Gold Maven]

looks like it could be lead, can you scratch it easily?

Lead used to be used for a lot of things, and is somewhat common around old sites.

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Lead tends to get some white powder sorta like chalk on the out side if its been in the ground a good while. I would try scrape the mystery item on some white ceramic and then take some known piece of aluminum and make a scrap next to it and compare the color also maybe scrape a bit of silver and compare colors with a loupe. Could be helpful doing that, beyond that acid testing should give some more information.