Very old but not sure what it is.

[coinman123]

Found this chunk of copper at a colonial site, along with 5 buttons yesterday. Looks very old, is there a chance it could be a hand made ingot?

 

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[coinman123]

 

[coinman123]

Could it be many pieces of copper melted together in a mold to make an Ingot.

 

[sutphin]

BUTTONS I WANT DANG BUTTONS , WHERE ARE THE DANG BUTTONS. WHO TOOK THE BUTTONS . NOT SURE ABOUT THE COPPER PEICE.

 

[ARC]

Could be from anything really... gonna be a hard one to pin down unless someone has found or has exact same thing and there was enough of it for an I.D.
Could be from copper banding IMO.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

I'm stumped. Copper was used for cookware, tubs, roof flashing . . . all sorts of things. But from what I can tell usually sheet copper.

Perhaps you have a piece from the edging or framing of a slate roof?