✅ SOLVED Please help ID this lead thingy.

[terry g]

Found in the water. 16 mm or 5/8" in diameter, its heavy for its size and to me looks to be lead. I did not find it in one piece, but there was originally a hinge pin holding the two together. There could have been a spring between the two legs to keep it closed. I know there are some talented folks on here that will be able to ID it.
Thanks.

 

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[creskol]

Looks like a fishing weight mold, but if so, it wouldn't be made out of lead.

 

[bradyboy]

lead ball mold ?
brady

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Definitely not a mold for lead balls. Or fishing weights (no way to fill it). That and it would melt. Wouldn't be much as a power measure as the lips would trap too much.

I don't know much about Mediterranean cooking: is there any dish that calls for small, compressed balls of meat or dough/bean paste & fried or wrapped in a pasta or pastry shell?

 

[terry g]

I am almost certain it is made of lead it marks easily with a trimming knife, so not a sinker mould as charlie p and creskol point out. The balls that could be moulded from it are 11mm in diameter so quite small. It is well made, I poured some water into the hole where the hinges are and with not much finger pressure holding the two halves together no water leaks out. Possibly food or medical related?

 

[creskol]

something mechanical made out of lead would wear out pretty quickly.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Well how about that! https://www.aliexpress.com/i/32982207015.html

Clip on additional sinker for fishing.

 

[Evan in CA]

Nice job on the ID Charlie

 

[terry g]

Well how about that! https://www.aliexpress.com/i/32982207015.html

Clip on additional sinker for fishing.



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Amazing !! You nailed It thank you. Cheena is everywhere. It weighs 15 grams so would be the centre one. This must be for people who cant tie knots.

 

[bradyboy]

wow, great id -