Found some kind of silver bar help

[dukester1]

 

[bci101tractors]

It might be zinc?? Silver shouldn't corrode like that. Where was it found, water or in the dirt...
Thanks for posting,
BCI

 

[catherine1]

Hey you posted on the Indian Artifact Forum. You need to post it on one of the metal detecting forums. Go back and check out the list. Nice find if it is silver. Looks like lead from the picture. And the L stamped on it could stand for lead?

 

[rock]

You should post it in the what is it forum. This is the Native American forum unless of course you think it is NA related.

 

[GaRebel1861]

You might be better off posting that in the "What is it" form.

 

[NC field hunter]

No matter where the post belongs, it has my interest now! Is it a weight?

 

[bci101tractors]

National Zinc alloy #8, 99% zinc with aluminum and copper alloy Probably 1/4 of a bar broken at the score
Man, I would !@#$ if I dug that up.
Nice find, and I really appreciate you posting it here....thanks.
BCI

 

[dukester1]

Not sure that's what I was thinking. Sorry for wrong area.. Found it wrapped In old cloth outside remnants of old house.. Real hard heavy scrapped side and real shiny underneath. Has a bronze tint on bottom

 

[dukester1]

Think it's worth anything

 

[bci101tractors]

Ya, it sure could be, depending on what it is...
I'd use water displacement to find volume, weight it and find the specific gravity.
Thanks again,
BCI

 

[NC field hunter]

Ya, it sure could be, depending on what it is...
I'd use water displacement to find volume, weight it and find the specific gravity.
Thanks again,
BCI

What was it's use? Is it like currency, gold bars, silver bars.... That sort of thing?