Any ideas on what this could be?

[freddy67]

Found it and baffled what it could be. It is about the size of a quarter. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks all and happy hunting. Cheers all

 

[ScubaDetector]

I can see it is a part of something but absolutely no idea what. Can you read any of the writing on it?

 

[smokeythecat]

There is a carving on it, but I can't make anything out. Maybe native American.

 

[Dakota Sioux]

Is that metal or rock

 

[Tom Bigbee]

Looks like it may be a piece of an old printing plate.

 

[freddy67]

There is either letters or symbols on it but I cannot really make them out. when I get home today I will try to clean it up a bit more and get a better picture of it. Thank you for your comments.

 

[freddy67]

It's metal.

 

[High Tone Drifter]

You might want to lightly roll it on an ink pad and then roll it onto a piece of paper. Maybe getting the design onto a bright background will bring out some detail that is lost on the uniform grey of the metal. Just an idea.....kinda cool looking though!

 

[ScubaDetector]

AS someone said, It could be part of a printing plate which would make it backwards. Is that possible

 

[against the wind]

Pretty cool. I found about 12 broken pieces of what I think was once some kind of cast brass plaque. It is flat and has a design on it. I found these pieces scattered over an area of abut 20 x 100 feet. These fragments were recovered over 8 or more visits to this site.. I figured that a lawn mower got to it. I haven't been able to make any of the puzzle pieces fit. Maybe there more pieces of your puzzle where you found that piece.??

 

[Dakota Sioux]

looks like a seal plate I see the Indian in headdress

 

[CRUSADER]

Looks like it may be a piece of an old printing plate.

Agreed

 

[Silver Searcher]

I was thinking part of a coin weight, but it might be to big for that.

SS

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Do a rubbing of it.Paper on item, then pencil on edge back and forth, image will appear on paper.

 

[trapperart]

Cool

 

[StillGoinOn]

Looks like a piece of an old metal printers block

 

[kenstein]

Is the surface flat? The photo looks like it could be slightly curved, as part of a larger container of some kind. A printer's block should be flat, and made of lead.....just pondering.

 

[CRUSADER]

Is the surface flat? The photo looks like it could be slightly curved, as part of a larger container of some kind. A printer's block should be flat, and made of lead.....just pondering.

Flat, but not are all are lead, although it tends to be a lead-alloy which this looks exactly like.

 

[stefen]

Is the surface flat? The photo looks like it could be slightly curved, as part of a larger container of some kind. A printer's block should be flat, and made of lead.....just pondering.

FYI...If it was in fact round, it would be used to print such things like wall paper, and the like...

 

[lookingharder]

I've used clay to get an impression in the past to raise lettering or details. Rubbings do OK,but tend to leave out some of the finer details.