Lead cone??

[blossom]

Good morning! Found this little lead find in a field in Uk.. any thoughts on what iit maybe? TIA x

 

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[Ed_DE]

View attachment 2022001Good morning! Found this little lead find in a field in Uk.. any thoughts on what iit maybe? TIA x

Congrats on the find! ... Welcome to TNet from Delaware.

 

[pepperj]

View attachment 2022001Good morning! Found this little lead find in a field in Uk.. any thoughts on what iit maybe? TIA x

Welcome to the forum
Looks like a hanging weight of some sorts

 

[blossom]

Welcome to the forum
Looks like a hanging weight of some sorts

Could be weighs 21 g x thank you

 

[pepperj]

Could be weighs 21 g x thank you

I'm not sure if you gleam this link PAS
Here is the section that refers to your hanging weight
So it will be on of the pages, and it might help to bring up your county and it might narrow the search down also.
With 1.5 million recorded finds it's a great source of information

Search results from the database Page: 1

 

[blossom]

I'm not sure if you gleam this link PAS
Here is the section that refers to your hanging weight
So it will be on of the pages, and it might help to bring up your county and it might narrow the search down also.
With 1.5 million recorded finds it's a great source of information

Search results from the database Page: 1

Thank you mine is a little slimmer ? Someone else thought it could be a viking gaming piece?? I will keep searching tho x

 

[Digger RJ]

View attachment 2022001Good morning! Found this little lead find in a field in Uk.. any thoughts on what iit maybe? TIA x

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Coinstar magnet]

View attachment 2022001Good morning! Found this little lead find in a field in Uk.. any thoughts on what iit maybe? TIA x

That is interesting.... I'm sure our experts from the UK could fill you in...

 

[Coinstar magnet]

Thank you mine is a little slimmer ? Someone else thought it could be a viking gaming piece?? I will keep searching tho x

Viking gaming piece would be cool...

 

[Sarge50]

Welcome to the forum
Looks like a hanging weight of some sorts

My guess is a Water well counter weight?

 

[boogeyman]

Welcome to the forum
Looks like a hanging weight of some sorts might be a curtain pull

 

[Georgivs]

Looks like it could be a down sprue from casting

 

[boogeyman]

Looks like it could be a down sprue from casting

You could always turn it big end up, drill a hole for a string or chain and use it for a dowsing pendulum. That'd be cool! Finding gold/treasure with a found treasure. Might even be a first!!!

 

[crashbandicoot]

Welcome to Tnet! I was thinking a sprue also,from some kind of mold.

 

[CRUSADER]

Thank you mine is a little slimmer ? Someone else thought it could be a viking gaming piece?? I will keep searching tho x

Welcome to Tnet, hope to see more finds in the future.
Not in keeping with a Anglo-Scandinavian (Viking) Game Piece in my opinion. (but I see why someone would think that)
Pieces of shaped lead are a common UK field find & come in all types of shapes & sizes. Near impossible to date without expensive metallurgical analysis. As a very general rule of thumb, the whiter it is, the older it is, but even then soil conditions affect it in different ways.
As already mentioned, it was probably a homemade hanging weight & the suspension loop is missing off the top.
What was it used for, we will never know for sure. It's not a typical loom weight shape but its a possibility.
It does look at least 200+ years old & my guess would be late Medieval.
One thing for sure is NO LEAD=NO SITE. (Settlement)
It is one of our base indicators along with pot shards, nails, & dark soil.