Tapered lead

[worldtalker]

Can't figure what this was used for, 2 inches long weighs 62g.God Bless Chris

 

[timekiller]

Best guess a Bell Clapper
Take Care,
Pete,

 

[dsinsc]

Could be an old plumbob, I see an indentation in the bottom where the pointer might have been but rusted away. Try a magnet on that spot, it may be weak but if it responds at all that would be a good sign. I once dug a sleigh bell that was turned into a plumbob. It's a neat piece of Yankee ingenuity, they positioned a square nail for the pointer out the slot in the bottom and poured it full of lead... Dave

 

[worldtalker]

Could be an old plumbob, I see an indentation in the bottom where the pointer might have been but rusted away. Try a magnet on that spot, it may be weak but if it responds at all that would be a good sign. I once dug a sleigh bell that was turned into a plumbob. It's a neat piece of Yankee ingenuity, they positioned a square nail for the pointer out the slot in the bottom and poured it full of lead... Dave

All lead.

 

[Broken knee]

Could it be a loom weight? HH
Broken Knee

 

[worldtalker]

Could it be a loom weight? HH
Broken Knee

 

[dozer dan]

flip down doorstop?

 

[dozer dan]

Another thought?

I think this is the right name of what I'm thinking of.
A "sounders weight"?
They were used to test the depth of the river for riverboat navigation. They also used them for testing the depth of a water well.

 

[worldtalker]

Another thought?

I think this is the right name of what I'm thinking of.
A "sounders weight"?
They were used to test the depth of the river for riverboat navigation. They also used them for testing the depth of a water well.

dan,sounds logical.

 

[calisdad]

Best guess a Bell Clapper
Take Care,
Pete,

me too. not heavy enough to beat the currents required for a sounder.

 

[worldtalker]

Best guess a Bell Clapper
Take Care,
Pete,

Being lead seems to me it wouldn't give you the clang your lookin for,and,it wouldn't last to maintain it's shape.
me too. not heavy enough to beat the currents required for a sounder.

 

[d2]

decoy anchord2

 

[calisdad]

decoy anchord2

I think we have a winner. There are several shown on this site that are quite similar. Circa 1920- value $20

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q...E2D5F00AEE4A9014AEBE6C74&first=31&FORM=IDFRIR

 

[bradyboy]

I was thinking a sounder or bell ringer
Fishing weight?
Brady

 

[Roland58]

My money is with calisdad......decoy weight.

 

[worldtalker]

I recon I'll have to agree on the decoy weight. Thanks all! God Bless CXhris

 

[kuger]

I knew I had seen those somewhere and couldnt place where?Then when you mentioned it I remembered seein them on my grandfathers decoys!!!