✅ SOLVED Please help ID this lead thingy.

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In the Mediterranean on a yacht.
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Found in the water. 16 mm or 5/8" in diameter, its heavy for its size and to me looks to be lead. I did not find it in one piece, but there was originally a hinge pin holding the two together. There could have been a spring between the two legs to keep it closed. I know there are some talented folks on here that will be able to ID it.
Thanks. fishing thing 4.JPG fishing thing 3.JPG fishing thing 2.JPG
 

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Looks like a fishing weight mold, but if so, it wouldn't be made out of lead.
 

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Definitely not a mold for lead balls. Or fishing weights (no way to fill it). That and it would melt. Wouldn't be much as a power measure as the lips would trap too much.

I don't know much about Mediterranean cooking: is there any dish that calls for small, compressed balls of meat or dough/bean paste & fried or wrapped in a pasta or pastry shell?
 

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I am almost certain it is made of lead it marks easily with a trimming knife, so not a sinker mould as charlie p and creskol point out. The balls that could be moulded from it are 11mm in diameter so quite small. It is well made, I poured some water into the hole where the hinges are and with not much finger pressure holding the two halves together no water leaks out. Possibly food or medical related?
 

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something mechanical made out of lead would wear out pretty quickly.
 

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