🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Mystery lead square with stamped numbers, holes

[Fossils]

Hi folks,

I found this lead square in a site with history from the colonial period to the present. It’s a lead square, fairly small, with four holes perforated through. The holes appear to go all the way through. There are some numbers impressed on one side. They are hard to make out, but appear to read “2803” or something similar.

Any ideas on what it might be and the possible age? I was thinking maybe a lead seal, but I can’t find any similar examples.

Thanks!

 

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[Back-of-the-boat]

It is a wire or cable clamp/seal, you put the cable in and you can't pull it out it is Kind of like those Chinese finger cuffs. The ones I used to use was for when you got to the end of a spool of cable you slid you next cable in the other side and kept going with wrapping your cable. Or it can also be a cable seal on a load from a Semi. I would think a cable seal for a lot of different uses.

 

[Hbot37]

Like back of the boat said, it looks like some kind of tamper proof bag/bale seal. I’ve dug them in all shapes and sizes with all manner of writing on them.