Slag or most important revolutionary war historical artifact recovered this afternoon

[historicallycrazy]

So sometimes I see patterns and find images that aren't actually a part of the same reality everyone else lives in. Does anyone think this is something? Recovered on james trenchards workshop property. (Guy who designed the great seal of the United states) its only 3/4 of an inch long. Looks like it's some kinda white metal but has parts that look like ferrous metal or something different added. It's weird. I see weird engraving design that look like trenchards work. Also a 45 and a liberty.

 

[pepperj]

So sometimes I see patterns and find images that aren't actually a part of the same reality everyone else lives in. Does anyone think this is something? Recovered on james trenchards workshop property. (Guy who designed the great seal of the United states) its only 3/4 of an inch long. Looks like it's some kinda white metal but has parts that look like ferrous metal or something different added. It's weird. I see weird engraving design that look like trenchards work. Also a 45 and a liberty.

You provided 30 images, many magnified.

Yet no size reference 😕
Is this a size of a jelly bean, a pea, a grain of rice

Is this item magnetic?

Maybe put it beside a penny take a photo.
Thx

 

[historicallycrazy]

You provided 30 images, many magnified.

Yet no size reference 😕
Is this a size of a jelly bean, a pea, a grain of rice

Is this item magnetic?

Maybe put it beside a penny take a photo.
Thx

It's 3/4 of an inch. Long Not magnetic at all its small

 

[historicallycrazy]

Reference

 

[Gene Mean]

I would say this belongs in the What Is It? forum, not Rev War.

 

[historicallycrazy]

I would say this belongs in the What Is It? forum, not Rev War.

That's what I meant to post it to. It's almost certainly dropped during that Era.

 

[pepperj]

It's 3/4 of an inch. Long Not magnetic at all its small

So you can discount ferrous metal.
The rust staining us probably because it was resting against a piece of iron.
I can't see any image of anything.

Maybe post one or 2 images of what you're referring to.
Looking at 30 images is too many.

Now for what metal,
You could do a acid test
There is also a density test.

If I had dug it I would determine if it was lead, silver, or another white metal.
I would suspect it's a melted piece of ? From a fire or just a piece of casting waste if they were blacksmithing items.

That's what I meant to post it to. It's almost certainly dropped during that Era.

How can you be certain of what era it was dropped?
I have dug a modern aluminum screw cap and a 50BC gold Stater from only a few feet away from each other.
The screw cap was deeper actually.

We can only fabricate a time period of such an item.
Heck it could be from a slingshot that little Johnny was playing with 50-100 yrs ago.

 

[historicallycrazy]

So you can discount ferrous metal.
The rust staining us probably because it was resting against a piece of iron.
I can't see any image of anything.

Maybe post one or 2 images of what you're referring to.
Looking at 30 images is too many.

Now for what metal,
You could do a acid test
There is also a density test.

If I had dug it I would determine if it was lead, silver, or another white metal.
I would suspect it's a melted piece of ? From a fire or just a piece of casting waste if they were blacksmithing items.

How can you be certain of what era it was dropped?
I have dug a modern aluminum screw cap and a 50BC gold Stater from only a few feet away from each other.
The screw cap was deeper actually.

We can only fabricate a time period of such an item.
Heck it could be from a slingshot that little Johnny was playing with 50-100 yrs ago.

I just haven't found alot of modern there. And if it is in fact engraved then the shop that was there was only around until around 1793 ish. Not lead. I think it's like a silver copper mix. Because it's white but it turned green like copper would after being buried. Maybe I had too many photos . These are some I think I recognize something in

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

So many rocks on this planet

 

[ARC]

Looks like lead to me.
PErhaps a "trench art" piece a soldier carved whist awaiting the next orders in boredom.

 

[villagenut]

Looks like a droplet of something that was being melted or heated, much like over pour of a bullet mold. I see no engraving as suggested, molten drops of various metals will have all sorts of irregularities that give illusions to engravings or it being trench art....but you got to ask yourself of what it's purpose was, being so small and what was the carver trying to create...I see nothing, sorry