Any Ideas

[Lgc42090]

Any Ideas ??

Found it along the river. Looks maybe pewter or aluminum. Rounded on the big end. Broken off on the smaller end.

 

[BagLady]

Looks like a tire weight. Lead. ?

 

[kcm]

Saw this earlier on another post - thought then same as I do now. Looks like part of a weight for an car tire. Was it found anywhere near a road?

 

[Lgc42090]

I've dug tire weights before. This is different from the ones Ive found.

 

[kcm]

Scrape a clean spot on it, then do the same to a piece of lead. Compare the colors.

 

[Lgc42090]

Just scraped a spot clean. Much harder and shinier than lead. Almost reflective.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Tire weight used as a fishing weight.

 

[kcm]

You had a tire weight to scrape and compare?

What about weight - is this piece heavy?

 

[Lgc42090]

About the same weight as a .44 caliber lead ball, but about 3x the size. So 1/3 as dense as the ball? Kinda fuzzy on my math there.

 

[kcm]

Interesting, as it was found alongside other auto parts. Then I'd have to guess aluminum, because pewter is fairly heavy next to aluminum.

...Still looks like a tire weight, though.