lead egg ID?

[jimmy uk]

found this today looks like a lead egg and its one big lump of lead with no holes at the ends as i thought it was a loom weight but its not plus it looks like its been shot with a musket ball aswell as there is a mark like it

 

[Silver Searcher]

Is there a Iron mark at either end

SS

 

[jimmy uk]

no mate but the bloke who does the gardening at the place i detecting thought it could of been a lead bullet for a but gun

 

[Silver Searcher]

no mate but the bloke who does the gardening at the place i detecting thought it could of been a lead bullet for a but gun

Never heard of a but gun could be a sling shot round, or some type of projectile

SS

 

[jimmy uk]

he might of said something else in the terms of a gun when there used to put all sorts of items in a big gun ie metal bolts glass etc i have heard of before some where

 

[Dano Sverige]

Blunderbuss maybe? They stuck allsorts into those.

This may be a swinging counterweight for targets on a rifle range.

 

[hammered]

I think SS and Dano are both right, this is a but(t) gun

http://www.moviegif.com/2010/04/butt-gun-gif.html


hammered

 

[shaun7]

I think SS and Dano are both right, this is a but(t) gun

http://www.moviegif.com/2010/04/butt-gun-gif.html


hammered

 

[Westfront]

good to know...take care when You see striped underpants...

 

[Lucas]

could be a sling shot round, or some type of projectile

SS

That's my thought too. The romans used lead sling stones, and isn't there a jumbo Roman crossbow that shoots stones?

Damage could be from a plow (plough) too.

 

[taz42o]

no mate but the bloke who does the gardening at the place i detecting thought it could of been a lead bullet for a but gun

Are you sure he didnt say "punt" gun? I dont think they used solid ball in a punt gun just shot.

 

[jimmy uk]

found what it is people http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/L/leaditemsmisc.htm


18th/19thC Large lead sewing egg 8)

 

[Silver Searcher]

found what it is people http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/L/leaditemsmisc.htm


18th/19thC Large lead sewing egg 8)

Did you also scroll further down, and see the Romn lead caterpult shot?

SS

 

[jimmy uk]

found what it is people http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/L/leaditemsmisc.htm


18th/19thC Large lead sewing egg 8)

Did you also scroll further down, and see the Romn lead caterpult shot?

SS

no i didnt just did both look the same as mine so who knows

 

[Lucas]

Roman sling pellets (glandes)

 

[relichunters]

Civil war easter egg.

 

[Breezie]

I'm wondering if the Farmer in the Dell mammy-made lead eggs to put under his hens to encourage them to lay eggs. Breezie

 

[silverswede]

I'll vote for that, Breezie. Would be easy to do on the farm, you could melt the lead from scraps of such, pour in a mold, paint white and presto free lead egg, and the old fidgety laying hen wouldn't be able to kick that out of the nest easily.

 

[doublet2a]

Lead eggs huh.. Must be Chinese Chickens

Tim

 

[Silver Searcher]

I'm wondering if the Farmer in the Dell mammy-made lead eggs to put under his hens to encourage them to lay eggs. Breezie

Think they use Porcelain eggs Breezie for that

SS