Need help in identifying melted metal find

[Normsel]

I was digging an old foundation and found what i thought was melted pieces of lead because of the weight. Well I brought them home and decided to melt them down. They took a lot more heat to melt than lead but I thought maybe due to the pieces being buried and having 3 dark gray tint it may have taken a bit more heat to melt. The pieces rung up in the 83 -85 range on the vdi. After melting one of the pieces when it cooled off it wasn't malleable like lead is. It seemed to be more like thin metal than lead. It is shiny like silver and of course melted lead is shiny as well. Due to the density and weight I pretty much ruled out tin but not sure. Being a plumber in a past life I have melted enough lead to know it isn't lead.

Anyone have any suggestions. I would love to think maybe it is silver but highly doubt it.

 

[cudamark]

I'd get an acid test kit. There's a bunch of them available cheap on E-bay. Make sure you get one that will test silver and not just gold.

 

[Ism]

Could be Babbitt.

 

[snokid]

don't think it's silver that melts at around 1700
lead is around 600
just for giggles Babbitt is about 450

 

[Gold Maven]

You can also determine the volume, weigh it, then look it up on a wt/ vol chart.

Measure the volume with a graduated beaker, put some water in, note the volume, add the metal and the diff. is the volume.

GL

 

[Normsel]

It's melting point is above lead by a lot. Since it was found in the foundation of an old burned down home I lean toward silver but I am taking a piece up to a gold and silver buyer tomorrow to see what it is