yeah, its lead, but i kept them anyway. you can see the paint peeling off a couple of them, others i forgot to paint at all. its just lead. cats out of the bag. before i knew better i threw out one cuz i thought it was some sort of alloy, not gold. only a grainer but it still eats me. i found a ball of some sort of silver colored metal, not heavy like gold, and not magnetic. somewhere between putting it in my pocket, and laundry it disappeard. dont know what it was, but it was 6" down in solid shale bedrock, it didnt look manmade or made by a campfire.