Large flat piece of lead

[Hammer81]

Found this piece of lead on an a
Old farm close to a barn does anyone have any idea what it might be. It is about the size of a softball

«JDS»

 

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[kuger]

Is it thin...crumpled up?Like a "Sheet"?

 

[Hammer81]

Yes it is thin...it is crupled up on the upper edge in the pic and has cuts round the outside

«JDS»

 

[Hammer81]

We found a few round balls and some melted round the same area but this looked like it was cut to fit around something

«JDS»

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

As a guess: homemade pail lid, flue cover or pipe cap?

Nothing worse than having a full milk pail and something blowing or falling in.

 

[kuger]

Hard to say from the pic,but during the 1850's Tea came in a sheet lead lined box.Its quite common to dig.....

 

[CRUSADER]

Looks to be a homemade lid to ?