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yowow#1

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Very hard, very heavy for its size, non magnetic, i managed to cut a tiny sliver and it's shiny inside. definitely not lead.
 
Terne is 20% tin, 80% lead. Bismuth is 86% as dense as lead and brittle. Even with volume/weight figures there may be more than two alloys making it impossible to know by weight/volume. If the alloy % is off by a few % it would not be accurate. You would have to have a Metallurgical test done using Ultrasonic Testing, Magnetic Particle Inspection, Liquid Penetrant Inspection or X-ray Inspection (Radiography).
 
Thanks Aarong81, Terne and bismuth, it is neither one of those, i don't think. As it isn't bismuth cause it isn't brittle and it isn't Terne cause it is an object that looks like a flat rock about a 1/8 inch thick and as understand it Terne is like a extremely corrosion resistant primer? It is definitely solid metal. One other thing the person that owns the property says no one has been on the property that could have dropped it since 1970, (44 Years)??? I guess it'll go along my unknown collections, Thanks
 
No it is not magnetic, tid solid 12-14 just like a nickel on my XT-705, would think it is lead but it is so hard and no oxidation at all like lead, Thank for looking.
Dwayne2010 said:
Is this magnetic?
 
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