✅ SOLVED Odd Thingy Found in old Road Tear out Coin/Token or Nothing?

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Hey All,

I normally wouldnt post something like this, When I found it, I figured it was some old slug or metal punch out. The only weird thing is, it was in a road tearout that was about 100 years old.

I think the newest coin I dug out of he road was a 1914 wheat, the rest were IH's and barbers. So it makes me think what ever it is , has to be fairly old.

Anyway, I found this yesterday, and started to clean it last night, after noticing there was no real detail I didnt think much.

but then something caught my eye from a distance. I could see a very faint "XV" on one part of it.

the picture is crap, I can see it clear as day when its in my hand, but couldnt get that sweet spot pic of what Im talking about.

I dont know what its made on, I do know its NOT Lead, silver, Brass/Copper, or Iron...its not magnectic, and seems to be a little heavier then I would expect.

Its just Barely under the size of a Quarter.

Like I said, i figured it was junk and it could be...But I know the XV are definitely on there, When i look up close with a jewelers loop, it has that same "V" style that the V-Nickle has.

Anyway...dont beat me up too bad...lol

The Other side, i didnt really see any detail on it...But I also provided a far away pic that shows it how i saw it when it "Caught my Eye"

thanks!

 

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[GatorBoy]

I have 2 questions for you how are you deciding that it's surely not lead? and what type of metal do you think it is?
I've found some super oxidized lead especially lead that was exposed to water for a long time that looks just like that.

 

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[GatorBoy]

How thick is yours? these are musket balls maybe yours is a fired musket ball that's flattened out against something.
Does it read like lead on your machine?
Since you say you're sure there is at least a Roman numeral on it then to me it's almost certainly a bale or sack seal made of lead.

 

[MuckyBottles]

Lead is probably the easiest metal to identify, due to the density and softness..In my opinion, from the photo's it doesn't appear to be lead..

 

[GatorBoy]

Well apparently he sure its not brass.. copper ..silver ..iron.. Which I totally agree with what's left pot metal?

 

[MuckyBottles]

Well apparently he sure its not brass.. copper ..silver ..iron.. Which I totally agree with what's left pot metal?

Bronze..If the gentleman who found the object, couldn't tell off the bat that it is or isn't lead, then I don't know what to say..

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Ok, So last night I dug out of my truck an old bale seal to show you the difference in weight.

I weight the small bale seal and it was right at 6.5grams...So then I weighed the thing I found in the road and it weighed, 6.4 grams.

I thought that was a little odd that they were almost the same in weight, So after i saw that, i grabbed the mystery item and tried to bend it....Which it did bend in Ease.

So , I guess I was wrong, it has to be lead. Ive just never seen lead that was that correded and wouldnt clean up..I even tried a scratch test earlier on and it wouldnt go thru very easy...

So Gatorboy.....this video is for you




thanks for the help guys, I feel like an idoit that i couldn't identify the right metal . I guess being in the road did some bad shiii to it

 

[GatorBoy]

Nothing bad on you the only reason I knew right off hand was because I've recovered a lot of stuff from salt water it has the same effect.
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