✅ SOLVED Molded lead thingy

[Alan Payne]

Found a few of these things. They are made of lead and look to be made in a mold with a mold sprue. Any one have an idea what they are? Thanks for looking.

 

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[Older The Better]

Sorry for my lack of technical terms but they look like the little balls you see in the points of attachment on the back of a tractor. They swivel just a bit and you slide your pegs through and pin them on the other side

 

[Tony in SC]

They appear to be small swivel bearings and are probably babbit. I've seen them on very early machinery but not that small.

 

[ticndig]

look like cast net weights to me .

 

[vhs07]

look like cast net weights to me .

That's what I was thinking also

 

[Alan Payne]

Thank you all for solving this one so fast. That makes sense, just never knew that fishing nets had weights like that.