✅ SOLVED Melted lead, formed leap piece...

[Underwonder]

Hi,

In the middle of an old dirt road I found melted lead and a formed lead piece of something? It was only down about an inch and the path is used by ATVs but it is a road on the 1850s map as a regular road. Any guesses as to the formed lead piece? Why would melted lead be in the middle of the road? I wondered if a stop was made in the winter to make bullets right there or if it might have fallen or been dumped by a supply wagon...but why and how would they be moving with hot metal? i also found a small white lead ball along the same path but several hundred feet from the melted lead. Any ideas?Thanks! I meant "formed lead" in title but how do I edit title?

 

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[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

In old sites blobs of lead of all shapes and sizes will be found. They used lead like we use caulk and lead seems to be easily detected. The bullet looks like a small shotgun slug. On a positive note, when I find lead I usually also find buttons, coins and other relics nearby, but they will be whispers vs the slamming lead signals.

 

[nagant]

The hollow piece is a modern foster style shotgun slug

 

[Underwonder]

The hollow piece is a modern foster style shotgun slug

Thanks for the quick reply and info. Good to know what it is, but disappointing it is modern.

 

[Underwonder]

In old sites blobs of lead of all shapes and sizes will be found. They used lead like we use caulk and lead seems to be easily detected. The bullet looks like a small shotgun slug. On a positive note, when I find lead I usually also find buttons, coins and other relics nearby, but they will be whispers vs the slamming lead signals.

Yes, lead always give me a strong signal and I have found some in the woods, but never this much in one spot.....and oddly in a roadway. I was fooled by a coin sized and shape lead piece the other day too. Thanks for the hopeful note. I will have to go back!

 

[Underwonder]

I returned to the site only to find many more blobs of melted lead.
Along the road as I was heading towards the spot, I did find an odd small round flat head of lead with a hole in it.