Metal Bead?

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Found this metal bead at an early water site that has indian pottery and lots of early colonial stuff as well as a little 19th and 20th century stuff. Not sure what metal its made out of but I dont think its aluminum and definitely not lead. Its not drilled but rather rolled up. Never found anything like it before. Could it simply be a fishing/net weight which would normally be made out of lead or could it be a native american bead. Or is it just a piece of metal someone was playing around with? Thanks

 

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does the hole go all the way through ?

 

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does the hole go all the way through ?

Yes

 

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The Indians made all kinds of trinkets out of cut up copper and brass cooking pots, beads, arrowheads, all kinds of stuff. That could easily be what it is. I'd say 80% probability. I find them as rolled cones primarily. Nice find.

 

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The Indians made all kinds of trinkets out of cut up copper and brass cooking pots, beads, arrowheads, all kinds of stuff. That could easily be what it is. I'd say 80% probability. I find them as rolled cones primarily. Nice find.

I had a feeling it could be based on where I found it and how it looks. Its size is identical to some local native beads(non metallic) that I saw on display at local museum

 

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