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Found this today while metal detecting. It is lead and a little bigger than a quarter. found many Civil War bullets in the same area. any ideas on what it might be?
 

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That's a hem weight
 
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yep. used in dresses & Curtains but may have also been used in Military clothes
 
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Yes I agree, I recently found a 19th Century steamers trunk in a attic of a house and it had nickle size hem weights in it, I had never seen any that small before.
 
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thCANNXHV6.webpThat's a hem weight alright..
 
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Hem weight.
 
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