Two pieces of lead that has me scratching my head. One big one small.

[Truth]

Went to the park to a found half a bullet do you think it was cut/carved? I also found a lead HUGE square nail it probably 8” in length (does not stick to magnet). Anyone ever heard of a lead square nails?

Big Bertha!!

 

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[relic nut]

Hey Truth, it's possible that the bullet has partially melted. Or was cut into by a bored Soldier.
The other thing is a head scratcher. It clearly looks like lead and a square nail. It will be interesting to find out.

 

[Truth]

Hey Truth, it's possible that the bullet has partially melted. Or was cut into by a bored Soldier.
The other thing is a head scratcher. It clearly looks like lead and a square nail. It will be interesting to find out.

Hey relic nut I can’t find anything on lead square nails and it’s 100% lead it’s huge. Never seen anything like it.

 

[Red James Cash]

Maybe lead nails were used to temporarily spike cannon.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Two very interesting finds!

 

[Truth]

Friend of mine’s thought:
“That's really sweet, is think that it was formed by pouring lead into a former nails hole, then the wood rotted away... Otherwise it would have been too soft to use for nailing... Probably just bored in camp... But real cool”

 

[FoxHound0985]

Your bullet is definitely post Civil War and likely from the early to mid 1900s. It looks identical to ones I've fired into the blade of an axe doing trick shots. It has rifling down the side, so it was fired for sure.

 

[Truth]

Your bullet is definitely post Civil War and likely from the early to mid 1900s. It looks identical to ones I've fired into the blade of an axe doing trick shots. It has rifling down the side, so it was fired for sure.

That’s exactly what I thought about the axe.

 

[trdking]

Pouring lead into an old nail hole sounds exactly like something I would do bored out of my cranium

 

[Truth]

Pouring lead into an old nail hole sounds exactly like something I would do bored out of my cranium

I think he shoved it in the ground an then poured it in there, if it was wood I think I could see the wood texture.

 

[CRUSADER]

Your bullet is definitely post Civil War and likely from the early to mid 1900s. It looks identical to ones I've fired into the blade of an axe doing trick shots. It has rifling down the side, so it was fired for sure.

I agree, it was a fired bullet, not a cut one.

I've seen small lead nails, never one that size!

 

[pepperj]

Have dug a couple lead nails though only the size of a regular square nail, nothing like the size of the spike you got. Congrats on the recovery.

 

[sandchip]

That nail is cool as hell.

 

[reale bill]

i found a lead square spike and could never figure out what it could be used for until i tried writing with it. works great as a pencil !

 

[Trezurehunter]

I dont know, but they are both interesting.

 

[Subterranean]

View attachment 1533989i found a lead square spike and could never figure out what it could be used for until i tried writing with it. works great as a pencil !

My thoughts exactly, a jumbo camp pencil. Sub

 

[Truth]

Should I try to straighten it out?

 

[ScubaDetector]

The bullet could have been intentionally cut. It also could have hit something sharp and split. Nobody will ever know. The spike like lead thing is interesting for sure. Looks like someone pounded on the top. Not going to get far with lead though. Strange for sure

 

[Truth]

The bullet could have been intentionally cut. It also could have hit something sharp and split. Nobody will ever know. The spike like lead thing is interesting for sure. Looks like someone pounded on the top. Not going to get far with lead though. Strange for sure

One of a kind I guess.