Lead object with etched name.

[thehunter123]

Hey y'all. I've had this for a while and have never been able to determine what it is. The letters on the front appear to be etched by hand and read "AXTER". I would imagine that the name is "BAXTER" but the B has simply worn away over time. Found with a metal detector six inches deep in the woods in a very rural part of the NC foothills. Any ideas?

 

[taz42o]

Appears to be a bottle, there was a billy baxter soda that was in a bottle that shape.

 

[Tony in SC]

I was thinking soda pop bottle advertisement. Tony

 

[coinman123]

Yup! I think the people above have it right! Looks like it is probably from the 1930's. I can see the shape of a crown top at the top, which gave away that it was a bottle. Probably nailed to a wall in a general store, or outside of it. Cool find!

 

[coinman123]

Also looks kind of similar to some of those old wall bottle openers, but I don't see how that could open a bottle. Maybe could have been missing something.

 

[thehunter123]

Would the prongs have been nailed into the wall? Also, would lead be an unusual metal to use for that kind of advertisement considering how soft it is?