🔎 UNIDENTIFIED This is something that always stumped me

[Truth]

I’ve had this piece of lead for a long time it was an odd shaped by kept it and then I saw they had some writing on there can anyone one have a better idea of letters..

I see small “ID” on the left follows by “I?I”. If you need better pictures a different angles let me know

 

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[traveller777]

Have you tried wetting it to see if letters/numbers show up better?

 

[tomytye]

Could be someone marking their lead cache for making a bunch of mini balls. Or maybe a local militia group.

 

[traveller777]

I’ve had this piece of lead for a long time it was an odd shaped by kept it and then I saw they had some writing on there can anyone one have a better idea of letters..

I see small “ID” on the left follows by “I?I”. If you need better pictures a different angles let me know

How about laying a piece of paper on it and use a lead pencil sideways to rub on the paper and see what shows up. Just a thought.

 

[devldog]

Cool looking piece Truth. There are definitely letters on this piece of lead. I thought it almost looked like I was U Bell. Have you tried to do a charcoal etching on the letters with paper? I'd be curious as to know what it reads. Good luck. Let us know what you come up with.

 

[traveller777]

Cool looking piece Truth. There are definitely letters on this piece of lead. I thought it almost looked like I was U Bell. Have you tried to do a charcoal etching on the letters with paper? I'd be curious as to know what it reads. Good luck. Let us know what you come up with.

great idea

 

[devldog]

How about laying a piece of paper on it and use a lead pencil sideways to rub on the paper and see what shows up. Just a thought.

Sorry. I just saw this post after I had posted. Great minds think alike. Lol

 

[traveller777]

Sorry. I just saw this post after I had posted. Great minds think alike. Lol

That is no problem, brother. It is all good.

 

[Truth]

How about laying a piece of paper on it and use a lead pencil sideways to rub on the paper and see what shows up. Just a thought.

I tried that and it didn’t work a French kissed it and I brought out the letters I also wrote down what it looks like

 

[traveller777]

I tried that and it didn’t work a French kissed it and I brought out the letters I also wrote down what it looks like

Super. share with us. Did you try wetting it. I guess you did that when you french kissed it.

 

[GoldieLocks]

An old pool stick cleaning cloth. "George Balabushka"?

 

[DCMatt]

It's difficult to determine the size of the piece but I'm guessing it is the remains of a lead ingot with the manufacturer's name embossed on it.

Until the mid-20th century, lead was used for many different purposes.