Large Ingot Found Under Water

[UnderMiner]

Was checking out the low tide today and saw this big ingot under about a half foot of water.

"A silver ingot!" I thought, "Big enough to be worth at least $1k!" Alas I picked it up and it was stamped "LEAD" but it has a serial number and everything as if it was a bar of precious metal. Still had to be worth a small pittance at least.

 

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[Digger RJ]

Was checking out the low tide today and saw this big ingot under about a half foot of water.
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"A silver ingot!" I thought, "Big enough to be worth at least $1k!" Alas I picked it up and it was stamped "LEAD" but it has a serial number and everything as if it was a bar of precious metal. Still had to be worth a small pittance at least.
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Cool!!! Congrats!!!

 

[digger15]

What a heartbreaker!!! Perhaps it is pre-nuclear lead? I have heard that can be quite a bit more valuable. Congrats on the find

 

[Red_desert]

Easy treasure find! Congrats!!!

 

[Red_desert]

Right on the bar it says LEAD!

 

[Red_desert]

Nuclear lead would be cool also.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

cool and interesting as to how it got there. That would be one huge fishing weight maybe it was a dive weight that was lost, maybe one that slid into a holder.

 

[boogeyman]

cool and interesting as to how it got there. That would be one huge fishing weight maybe it was a dive weight that was lost, maybe one that slid into a holder.

Bar solder which is melted on a pot for soldering cast iron pipes. Pack the joint with oakum, use the dipper to flow the solder around the joint.

 

[GaRebel1861]

Spray paint it gold and put it back!

 

[Red_desert]

Shipwreck was found carrying lead ingots.

3200 Year Old Shipwreck Yields Lead Ingots

This beats the pre-atomic Roman lead by a good bit. I can't tell from the picture if the measurements are in centimeters or inches, but if it is inches, they are about 20" across. They also appear flat, so maybe that's just how ingots rolled back then. Either way, radiation free lead is sure...

www.treasurenet.com

 

[Red_desert]

I see a number on there it is 1522.

 

[gamblingman498]

weight from a dive belt! carve it up and make 100 fish weights. nice find man.

 

[RatherBeDigging]

Well that's certainly a different find.

 

[Gare]

Some older boats (SHIPS) used lead Ingots as Ballast.

 

[CRUSADER]

Still worth money...

 

[boogeyman]

I see a number on there it is 1522.

Lot number........

 

[Rhapsody]

Was checking out the low tide today and saw this big ingot under about a half foot of water.
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"A silver ingot!" I thought, "Big enough to be worth at least $1k!" Alas I picked it up and it was stamped "LEAD" but it has a serial number and everything as if it was a bar of precious metal. Still had to be worth a small pittance at least.
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Thats awesome but do not let it fall on your laptop computer(personal experience here, lead ingots make bad wall hangers). Congrats!

 

[Red-Coat]

I think my heart would have skipped a beat too.

The scrap price for lead here is around £1/kilo. What some folks call ‘pre-atomic’ lead might sell for as much as £17/kilo. More properly called ‘low background’ lead or ‘virgin’ lead, the most valuable is not just pre-atomic, but also that which has been unexposed and is centuries-old such that most of its natural isotopic radioactivity has decayed (Pb has a half-life of 22.3 years). Shipwrecks are an ideal source but things like old sewer pipes too.

 

[Hunk-a-lead]

Was checking out the low tide today and saw this big ingot under about a half foot of water.
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"A silver ingot!" I thought, "Big enough to be worth at least $1k!" Alas I picked it up and it was stamped "LEAD" but it has a serial number and everything as if it was a bar of precious metal. Still had to be worth a small pittance at least.
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nothin' wrong with a hunk a lead!

 

[Rhapsody]

Spray paint it gold and put it back!

Call it a 'failed alchemy experiment'