Civil war lead pencil?

[Tigerdude]

I found this a few weeks ago. Not sure but it's approximately same size as #2 lead pencil. Fairly square at larger end but tapers round to small end, then ends with a small hole, like maybe to run a string on some sort . Any ideas?

 

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[Joe G from Md]

I don't think it is a pencil, not sure but still a nice find.

 

[CivilWarSaver]

Fishing sinker?

 

[Subterranean]

Bell clapper maybe? A very nice find.
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[Tigerdude]

All I can tell you is that it's lead and was found on a pre civil war plantation that burned down in the 1960s.