Ball of lead

[WHADIFIND]

Weight for a net? Fishing? Counter balance? Cannon ball necklace? Largest musket ball *EVER* !?!




Thanks!

 

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[Charlie P. (NY)]

Looks like someone needed a weight for something and pounded up a bunch of scrap lead.

 

[devldog]

It looks like a weight was fashioned by melting/or pounding the lead into a ball and punching a hole in the center. This definitely had a purpose to whoever created this piece. I think most likely this was used as a fishing weight. Good find.

 

[Red James Cash]

Hell of a big fishing weight isn't it?lol

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Depends what you are fishing for. 40 oz (2-1/2 lbs) isn't out of the question.

https://www.rotometals.com/salmon-lead-cannonball-sinker-2-5-lb-40oz/

 

[WHADIFIND]

I hadn't thought about pieces of lead being pounded together.

What strikes me most about this is how white the lead has become. It takes a really long time for lead to turn that white!

Thanks everybody for the help!