Lead Button

[SaginawIan]

I'm wondering if this would have anything to do with an old fire department that used to be on the property where I found this. Any ideas why this would be made out of lead?

Ian

 

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[wannabeafinder]

IS IT STONE IF SO IT MIGHT BE A NATIVE AMERICAN ARTIFACT--THEY USED OBJECTS LIKE THIS AS SINKERS FOR FISHING?

 

[jopher]

Maybe a coat tail wieght??....joe

 

[Rob-IL]

I'm wondering if this would have anything to do with an old fire department that used to be on the property where I found this. Any ideas why this would be made out of lead?

Ian WHIZZER

 

[Rob-IL]

WHIZZER

 

[jopher]

WHIZZER

Is that one of those toys with a string run through it ....you pull on the string ends and it spins??

 

[Rob-IL]

WHIZZER

Is that one of those toys with a string run through it ....you pull on the string ends and it spins??

Yup, that's what it looks like to me, I have even found the at Fur Trade Era Indian sites. Very simple but popular toy that litterly goes back centuries.

 

[SaginawIan]

I posted this a long time ago and I was wondering if anyone knows if this is a "whizzer" toy, I still haven't identified it for sure. I don't think it's a button, even though it looks just like one.

Ian

 

[Iron Patch]

Don't think it's a Whizzer. Why the third hole?

Button, hem weight, sinker, all good guesses.

(My guess is weight)