Musket ball and ummm, Im not sure

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Musket ball and ummm, I'm not sure

I was hunting one of the lesser known areas and I got tons of EO's, a musket ball and this "What's it" It's most likely lead 3.25 inches long x 1.5 wide and about 3/16 thick and has some images scraped into it. Any ideas? 20130414_164313.jpg20130414_164547.jpg20130414_164452.jpg
 

Your "whatsit" is probably a cargo tag similar to a lead seal. These were marked with an insignia of the owner, and the folded to crimp a cloth/burlap bag closed for shipping. It's larger than normal, but I'm pretty sure that was its intended use. Nice find!

Jason
 

it looks similar to a piece I found at the shipwreck I'm working on. mine is a little different but is an 18th century game piece. I managed to identify it through secrets of the dead, the one about blackbeards queen annes revenge.
 

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