Surprise find in the junk pile........

Better half is out with the Girls, I have a active social life & I spent my evening with a secret liason, lead cleaning.

After every hunt I sort out the old lead & sick it in a bag. When its dry, like tonite I brush it clean. Claim down everyone I know I'm living the high life, but someone has to do it. ;D

Anyway whilst cleaning I found a piece of lead that turns out to be a Roman Document Seal. Not a Military one otherwise it would be stamped with the unit, so proberly civilian.

This lead is for scrap & its making a pretty penny right now :) One of the few finds I can drag myself to sell.

Nice spot find, still looks like a lead glob but with some meaning to it, LOL! My last check on lead was something like 0.40 Euro cents per Kilo, not even close enough in price for me to scrape the dirt and oxidation off then drive it to the scrap yard which I drive past every day to and from work, LOL. HH, Mike

cool find ty for letting me see it

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Originally Posted by Bavaria Mike

Nice spot find, still looks like a lead glob but with some meaning to it, LOL! My last check on lead was something like 0.40 Euro cents per Kilo, not even close enough in price for me to scrape the dirt and oxidation off then drive it to the scrap yard which I drive past every day to and from work, LOL. HH, Mike

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I've been offered £1.30 for 1kg, but then I get plenty of lead

Back in the '50s, a neighborhood buddy of mine & I made regular trips to the Police Pistol Range & "cleaned-up"!

We were able to collect/sell enough to finance our Boy Scout trip to the Valley Forge Jamboree.

We melted ours down tho...sometimes wonder what those fumes have done to the old body?!

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Back in the '50s, a neighborhood buddy of mine & I made regular trips to the Police Pistol Range & "cleaned-up"!

We were able to collect/sell enough to finance our Boy Scout trip to the Valley Forge Jamboree.

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Reminds me of my next door neighbor when we were kids. Some people are just born thinking outside of the box.

Awsome seal.
I also love lead. / Shows as silver on my detector.
Here in NC, USA it`s going for 6 cents a pound ;D

Oh my god it is beautiful!!
Ok maby not exactly beautiful but an interesting piece to the collection and a very welcomed surprice i imagine. Do anyone know the kilo price on that old lead?

Cool. I haven't found any lead yet. Plenty of iron though. :P

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Originally Posted by CRUSADER

Better half is out with the Girls, I have a active social life & I spent my evening with a secret liason, lead cleaning.

After every hunt I sort out the old lead & sick it in a bag. When its dry, like tonite I brush it clean. Claim down everyone I know I'm living the high life, but someone has to do it. ;D

Anyway whilst cleaning I found a piece of lead that turns out to be a Roman Document Seal. Not a Military one otherwise it would be stamped with the unit, so proberly civilian.

This lead is for scrap & its making a pretty penny right now :) One of the few finds I can drag myself to sell.

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£700 a tonne not bad going I reckon

http://www.letsrecycle.com/prices/metalsPrices.jsp

heres a link for scrap prices dont know how realistic it is though

I was doing the same Saturday afternoon and spotted a Roman bronze among the crud ;)

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I was doing the same Saturday afternoon and spotted a Roman bronze among the crud ;)

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Awesom any chance of a pic

Are there any markings on the seal ?. Be careful with the old lead it can be nasty.

HH- Robert

Recently found a 36 lb. of lead behing my garage under four inches of soil. Took it to the scrap yard and got 45 cents a lb. for it.