Lead mold or just a fishing net weight?

[backintheday]

Found at a colonial and civil war site. It looks to be a hand fashioned cast net weight however it has a bell shaped depression on one side making me hope it was a mold of some kind. I kinda doubt it though!

[DirtyMike]

Looks like a home made weight to me.

[DigEmAll]

Found at a colonial and civil war site. It looks to be a hand fashioned cast net weight however it has a bell shaped depression on one side making me hope it was a mold of some kind. I kinda doubt it though!

Lead, when poured into a container shrinks during cooling... causing the divot you see. That was the top of the pour. The hole looks like where someone screwed a screw eye into it to use it for a weight.

I had several of these around until I melted them into a bumper for my tractor... Anyone care to guess how much a piece of 1/4 inch wall 4x6 tubing 25 inches long weighs when filled with lead? (minus one inch of lead for inset end caps)

HINT:
.DCIX LB per Inch Cubed Lead
.CCLXXXIII LB Inch Cubed Steel

ANSWER:
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