lead

Hi all, Found this (what looks to be a lead weight) the other day, forget where I found it as I was in a few different fields and I found a gold half sovereign, so I was all excited about that and didn't bother with the other finds. It is solid lead and has stripes going all the way around it...

I went out detecting near a local river after work for a little over an hour and found a lot of trash but I brought a few pieces home that I thought were more interesting. I told my wife that the Colgate tubes looked to be from the late 60's or 70's, I looked them up and was right on. The...

Found on the Georgia / S. Carolina line near the Savannah river. No markings on the reverse.

Heya everyone; I have found a lot of little silver slugs that are heavy and very flexible over the last month and a half while underwater sniping. These bits are ALWAYS with gold and I usually toss them aside though I have brough a few bits home. If you break/bend one in half it is silver...

With lead being a result of silver mining and silver mining largely shutting down mixed with the wheel weight industry switching to Zinc and steel whats the thought on lead?

Hello everyone, I'm new to the forum, but if yesterday was any indication, I think I might just get hooked on treasure hunting... My brother and I were goofing around on his property with my metal detector near where he found a Catawba Indian arrowhead last spring. Anyway, the thing started...

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The lead came from an exercise yard. The formed piece that had been cut out was found first, then I got the monster piece, about as big as any I've found yet. Got a few quarters there but got into lots of big trash so then moved to the gyms yard. Which is about a half block over. Found some...