Old lead ignot, i think.

[MackDigger]

Pulled this out of a 1800s homesite. 99% sure it's lead. It's very heavy and looks pretty uniform to me. Is this a rare find? I think it's pretty cool.

 

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[MackDigger]

What does it mean that myn has no stamp? I have seen many examples from the mid to late 1800s all with some sort of stamp or makers mark on them. Does that mean myn could be older or just that it was maybe made by some1 for their own reasons without stamping it.

 

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[MackDigger]

It's not that unusual to find lead on old sites, I find it all the time. Lead was used for so many things back in the 1800s and earlier and would have been sold at the local general store in ingots. It looks like you may have one there. Good find. I don't think it's low alfa lead, I have heard that LAL is lead that was minied and smelted prior to the nuclear age and that has not been exposed to the effects of the nuclear age like that that has been submerged underwater. ZDD

I also have found a lot of lead at old homes but never In such a uniform ingot like this before.

 

[djm of PA]

Almost looks like a leftover piece from one like this which I found a few years back (quarter next to it for size reference):

 

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[MackDigger]

Low alpha or not I thinks it's darn cool. Thinking of a settler needing this to hunt for dinner or defend his land (the foundation it was found at goes back far) is pretty amazing.

 

[Old Dude]

Do you think it is possible it has no mark because someone may have melted their scraps into one ingot?

 

[MackDigger]

Do you think it is possible it has no mark because someone may have melted their scraps into one ingot?

Maybe. Not sure if that was common practice back in the day or not.