🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Unusual Non-Ferrous metal piece.

[MisterHelix]

I know we all find a lot of unidentifiable junk, but every now and then an item just seems suspicious or interesting.

This one is non-ferrous, dense, hard, grey-green, broken, possibly with a sprue mark?

I dunno.

Found on my farm, central Virginia , 1750-present, underneath the gravel driveway.

Slag? Broken hammer? What metal is this?

Thanks for your time. Happy hunting!

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

A History of Mining on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska - Grab it through Amazon!

[Joecoins]

Hey, I think this peice kinda looks like a well used broken brake pad? Maybe?

 

[creskol]

For some reason it reminds me of the early hand forged door bolts, similar to this one,