🔎 UNIDENTIFIED 20lb lead chunk

[humblecat]

Found this buried in the ground yesterday. It weighs over 19 pounds. It’s soft and scratches silver and is non magnetic. Has some kind of circle shape indented with what looks like threading. Maybe from a ship ? It was very close to the river.

 

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[DiggingSicilia]

What's the bowl shape?

 

[humblecat]

What's the bowl shape?

What's the bowl shape?

It’s in a roast pan lmao

 

[DiggingSicilia]

It’s in a roast pan lmao

No this one

 

[humblecat]

No this one
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I have no idea. It looks almost like the start of threading in the end. Like a pipe into it? I honestly don’t know.

 

[DiggingSicilia]

I have no idea. It looks almost like the start of threading in the end. Like a pipe into it? I honestly don’t know.

Maybe someone was trying to cap a pipe.

 

[villagenut]

Is it a round container enveloped in lead?

 

[Sandinmypants]

Keep us posted----I have no clue

 

[Ed144]

You can identify the material if you do a specific weight calculation. You will need to be able to measure the weight of the object on an accurate scale, followed by another weight measurement on the scale with the object suspended in water by a cord. A text file is attached showing the process. Interesting find!

 

[cudamark]

If it's truly lead, you can sell it for scrap metal. I have a local guy who pays $1 a pound for it.

 

[humblecat]

Is it a round container enveloped in lead?

Not sure. It’s very odd. lol.

If it's truly lead, you can sell it for scrap metal. I have a local guy who pays $1 a pound for it.

thats what we are likely gonna do. Might get me $20 lol

 

[Chilli]

An anchor, mooring weight?

 

[Robot]

Hi humblecat
With this much Lead my idea would be:
Antique Musket Ball Lead Melting Pot with lead supply?

 

[ARC]

Just to throw this out there... if that lead is a "low Alpha"... it could be worth some serious $$$.

"Recently, low alpha lead has been reported to be worth 50x-200x regular scrap lead prices."

 

[humblecat]

An anchor, mooring weight?

We thought maybe a ship part.

 

[humblecat]

Hi humblecat
With this much Lead my idea would be:
Antique Musket Ball Lead Melting Pot with lead supply?

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That’s cool!

 

[humblecat]

Just to throw this out there... if that lead is a "low Alpha"... it could be worth some serious $$$.

"Recently, low alpha lead has been reported to be worth 50x-200x regular scrap lead prices."

Hmmm gonna have to google what that means. That would be sweet. How do you know if it is?

 

[ARC]

Hmmm gonna have to google what that means. That would be sweet. How do you know if it is?

That would be the next logical thing to Google.

 

[humblecat]

That would be the next logical thing to Google.

So far I have found threads about antiquity lead right on here instead of google. 😎 so far I haven’t found how to test it on here or google. If anyone has a link that would be great. When I do find out I will post it here in case anyone else would like to know 🌸🌺

 

[pepperj]

So far I have found threads about antiquity lead right on here instead of google. 😎 so far I haven’t found how to test it on here or google. If anyone has a link that would be great. When I do find out I will post it here in case anyone else would like to know 🌸🌺

That's quite the hunk of lead, and even if you were to sell it as lead you need to remove the iron pan/plate/pot from the piece. (pictures it looks like a pot)
Get a magnet test the piece that I referred to.

Now for it to be Low-alpha lead it has to meet a certain standard.
Most of that is lead that pre dates the 1800s
Have a read on this forum thread

Low-alpha / antiquity lead

Hi All, I am looking for antiquity or "low-alpha" lead. This lead would need to be from the early 1700's or even older. Most likely place to find it would be on ancient shipwrecks. Does anyone have access to this lead?

www.treasurenet.com

The thing is very few yards that buy scrap might of heard of low alpha lead.
Next thing is where to sell the item?
Before one sells the item is where to test the item?

Even if the item is in fact LAL(Low Alpha Lead) it's only 20 lbs, and that isn't high weight item to be messing with in the industry.
Not to throw water on the candle of hope here, it's just that when I owned a scrap yard and having inquiries of LAL here was my dilemma.
I called 5 brokers, all of them stated they didn't deal in it-didn't have a buyer for it.
Having a single item of metal that might be worth extra money is worth separating if there is a market for that metal.
If the buyer(me) doesn't have a buyer(broker), then that piece of metal is basically thrown into the barrel of other metals.
Scrap metal recycling is the 180 degrees from manufacturing.

Metal
Scrap yard(Might sell to bigger yard)
Broker(could go to another larger broker)
Foundry/mill
Distributer
Manufacturer