Lead foil?

[dirtscratcher]

I've been hunting a old ghost town and finding a lot of lead foil is the best way to describe it, anyone know what is was for?

 

[surf]

Hey scratcher,

Every once in a great while, I'll find an old lead foil bottle seal.

 

[dirtscratcher]

I've found a couple like that, but the others are more like aluminum foil but lead. A buddy says the might have sealed windows with it.

 

[GatorBoy]

If it's near a waterway it may have been used for patching boat hulls.

 

[boogeyman]

Not positive without pictures but they used to use lead strips to wrap around bolts to help anchor them in stone or masonry. More common was lead wool. Still have a roll in the shop. Think it's 1940s vintage.