✅ SOLVED What is this colonial lead piece with a hole in the middle?

[Bharpring]

 

[DCMatt]

Found on a home site?

Possibly a home-made curtain weight or hem weight.

Looks like a nice collection of buttons. Either lots of people there or men doing very physical work and popping their buttons.

DCMatt

 

[Spats]

It could be a flattened musket ball or other lead that a square nail was driven through to make a patch or stopper or some other makeshift doodad.

 

[Kiros32]

Could be an unfinished whirligig. They normally had two holes in the center. I have found one at a colonial site before.

 

[Icewing]

Looks like a spindle whirl weight to me.

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=spindle+whorl+weight&FORM=HDRSC2&PC=MOZB

 

[Bharpring]

I thought it was a coin when first dig, but obviously a lead something when I cleaned it. Very cool. Thanks

 

[seekerGH]

worth its weight in lead.

 

[Bharpring]

ha ha. I will use that one on future replies. I like that

 

[DCMatt]

Looks like a spindle whirl weight to me.

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=spindle+whorl+weight&FORM=HDRSC2&PC=MOZB

Spindle whorl makes sense.

 

[Bharpring]

For those who are interested, this item is a 1790s gunflint holder. Its part of a gun.

 

[Dug]

For those who are interested, this item is a 1790s gunflint holder. Its part of a gun.

I'm from Missouri on that.

Don't clean the white off the lead relics, it ruins any value.