What is this hunk of metal???

[Huntcrazy]

I found this about 10 inches down, it looks like a feather, or something on one side, I have no idea what kind of metal it is, here is pics of front and back...

 

[Huntcrazy]

Also it is very heavy for being so small.....

 

[ScubaDetector]

Small and heavy? LEAD. Is it soft enough to carve with a knife?

 

[Huntcrazy]

I have not tried to take a knife to it yet , I was guessing lead, I found it at lake mendota county park.

 

[kenstein]

My guess is that it's just melted lead, and that the feather image is just coincidental, but I'm only seeing the two-dimensional picture; not the object itself. Interesting. I'll bet that thing about blew your ears off.

 

[plymouthian12]

Looks kinda like slag

 

[Huntcrazy]

I did my research on lake mendota park, and it was a fur trading post in 1832..it was used by Indians can't spell the tribe, before the ho chunk tribe moved in, and they worshiped something called the Thunderbirds...

 

[Huntcrazy]

Yeah and it was a loud tone, that was giving me a high 80s reading, I was hoping on silver lol

 

[Michiel]

To me it just looks like someone dropped melted lead on some leaves and twigs. But I could be wrong I guess