✅ SOLVED Some type of Lead Object?

[Jackthedetectorist]

Found this on a curb strip by Skidmore College. It is quite heavy and appears to be made out of lead. The diameter is about an inch. It could be a flattened bullet but I truly have no idea. The front has a small hole embedded in it. The back has no identifiable marks. Any help is appreciated.

Thank you,
Jack

 

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[crashbandicoot]

Since nobody else has,I,m gonna take a stab. Could it be some kind of old type,a letter cast for printing.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Okay, since only one other person has answeed about your find, I'll give it a shot. (Pun intended.)

For over 40 years, I've been metal-detecting for civil war battlefield relics, and I've dug up literally thousands of civil war era and 20th-Century bullets. To my eyes, your find appears to be a 20th-Century fired lead bullet which "mushroomed" when it head-on impacted a more-or-less-flat solid object.

 

[Retired Sarge]

Okay, since only one other person has answeed about your find, I'll give it a shot. (Pun intended.)

For over 40 years, I've been metal-detecting for civil war battlefield relics, and I've dug up literally thousands of civil war era and 20th-Century bullets. To my eyes, your find appears to be a 20th-Century fired lead bullet which "mushroomed" when it head-on impacted a more-or-less-flat solid object.

Now that I look at it again, it sure does.......!

 

[Jackthedetectorist]

Okay, since only one other person has answeed about your find, I'll give it a shot. (Pun intended.)

For over 40 years, I've been metal-detecting for civil war battlefield relics, and I've dug up literally thousands of civil war era and 20th-Century bullets. To my eyes, your find appears to be a 20th-Century fired lead bullet which "mushroomed" when it head-on impacted a more-or-less-flat solid object.

Thanks for your help! That makes sense.