Civil War camp find

[SCDigginWithAK]

Found his huge chunk of lead in a civil war camp. I always thought it was a lead ingot that would be melted for bullets but then after cleaning it revealed a cut/valley in the middle. Is that what it was used for or is this something else?

 

[stefen]

Looks more like a lead weight with a fishing line slot...

 

[SCDigginWithAK]

Looks more like a lead weight with a fishing line slot...

How would it stay on when cast? I should have measured how wide the hole was.

 

[bigfoot1]

I have to go with duck hunting decoy weight...like this one...

 

[stefen]

How would it stay on when cast? I should have measured how wide the hole was.

Stays on when the lead is mashed together over the line (or string) ...same as a split pea weight...

The lead you found may have been in the making and had'nt been used at the time it was lost...

 

[SCDigginWithAK]

Ah ok. Thanks

 

[d2]

I find those fairly often and they were used as fishing sinkers. I find them in the swimming holes, sometimes, but find them mostly around fire pits and small camps on the river at crossings...d2