Part of CW Artillery Shell Sabot?

[the_great_waldo]

I found this in Gettysburg on private property with permission. First Day battlefield. Have found other shell fragments and some sabot pieces there from Hotchkiss shells. Think this is a sabot piece?

 

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[nhbenz]

Automotive wheeel weight.

 

[capsmith]

Looks like a tire weight to me.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Sorry to have to answer, Waldo, this time I don't have happy news for you about your find. It is indeed a modern automotive wheel-balancing weight. I believe if you chisel the encrustation out from under the iron you'll see it is the flap/flange which holds the weight onto the wheelrim.