Odd Piece of Lead

[cambria09]

Hello. Found this lead piece a few days ago at a 1910 homestead. It is a bit larger than a Hershey Kiss candy piece...kinda looks like one too. What do you think? Hem weight? Counter weight? Unknown piece o nothin'?

Thanks for looking and HH.

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[gunntekk1]

looks like a sprue

 

[junkless]

Agreed on the spure. Are there any signs of shrinkage on the flat part?

 

[dgrs2]

Found the same thing but not as big as a Hershey kiss! Picture to follow. What is a sprue or spure?

 

[dgrs2]

Found the same thing but not as big as a Hershey kiss! Picture to follow. What is a sprue or spure?

 

[dgrs2]

Found the same thing but not as big as a Hershey kiss! Picture to follow. What is a sprue or spure?

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[dgrs2]

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[junkless]

A sprue, misspelled in my previous post, is a filling port in the casting process.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprue_(manufacturing)