Large chunk of Civil War carved lead and a Washington DC transit token!

[DirtyMike]

Only could dig for about an hour and a half. Did get these 2 things though. The lead is carved and was found where I have found a ton of relics. Ant this transit token is a first for me.

 

[brookfield]

Nice finds. How old do you think the token is? HHjs

 

[Dman]

Nice finds.
Congrats on the token.
Dman
Dman
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Dman

 

[seger98]

Always like finding tokens!

 

[DirtyMike]

Nice finds. How old do you think the token is? HHjs

Not sure. I was told maybe around 1890. But that's an educated guess.

 

[kuger]

Thats a bar of lead.Thats how they usually came and a piece was carved or cut off and melted to make bullets

 

[DirtyMike]

Thats a bar of lead.Thats how they usually came and a piece was carved or cut off and melted to make bullets

This one has been carved down. You can see the knife marks on it. I have only seen rectangle lead bars. Were there other shapes?

 

[brookfield]

Nice finds. How old do you think the token is? HHjs

Not sure. I was told maybe around 1890. But that's an educated guess.

That great, thank you.js

 

[kuger]

Thats a bar of lead.Thats how they usually came and a piece was carved or cut off and melted to make bullets

This one has been carved down. You can see the knife marks on it. I have only seen rectangle lead bars. Were there other shapes?

We have found round ones and oxagon shapes too.In the early 20th cen.Lead was used on everything including water pipes.

 

[DCMatt]

Cool token!

Washington Railway & Electric Co was formed Feb. 5, 1902. Seems to have been in business well into the 1930's.

DCMatt

 

[creeper71]

Mike, you have a really good spot!!! I don't have any good spots right now...

 

[vayank54]

I've seen lead that was carved down like that in an attempt to make a pencil. I also found a square nail carved from lead at a old house site. That house site predated the civil war, was camped around and probably destroyed during the war.