Lead something or other...

[GioTheGreek]

I found this on the beach today in my 1/2 hour hunt...

It has a "5" or an "S?" on it, and is made of lead. Quite heavy to be a button. If it is a button, I'd hate to be wearing that shirt on a hot, sunny day.

Any ideas? :P

 

[Minrelica]

I may be way off but my first thought was some type of weight for maybe a throw net or fishing net.

 

[ticm]

It's a hem weight

 

[Orbitz]

I found this on the beach today in my 1/2 hour hunt...

It has a "5" or an "S?" on it, and is made of lead. Quite heavy to be a button. If it is a button, I'd hate to be wearing that shirt on a hot, sunny day.

Any ideas? :P

I found something similar

 

[GioTheGreek]

Right on, gents! I was just holding it in my hand thinking, it's probably a crappy weight.

 

[dwayne sueno]

It's a hem weight

 

[oldsalty19]

cool find anyway.......I haven't seen any

 

[Hans R Dirty]

We call them coat weights here, so the coat would hang without culling up. Hem weight same idea.....link

http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=coat+...tbnw=168&start=62&ndsp=22&ved=1t:429,r:7,s:62

 

[mikusek]

Wow, that is a monster hem weight, I found a very tiny one that would easily fit thru the center of yours.

 

[kuger]

...used in curtains and sometimes heavy coats