does anyone know what it is? another whatzit...

[GRAY GHOST]

hello all, i found this peculiar piece this a.m. near the five forks battlefield, along with a nice enfield, and a knapsack rivet. the first photo is top view, the bottom photo is side view. about 1.5 in. long. at first i thought it was an old nail, but then saw the lead disc on top, its about a half in. around. never seen anything like it. iron protudes thru the top of the lead disc too. any help is appreciated. hh,

 

[coinnut]

Hey Gray Ghost. Are you sure that it is lead? I found a similar item that was pewter and I figured that it was decorative in nature. Kind of like a nice shiny silver colored inlay tack that could dress up a box or something. Just my guess.

 

[jdstawker]

There used to be nails made with lead washers. The nails were for metal roofs. The lead washer would conform to the metal roof and eliminate or reduce water infiltration through the nail hole and into the building. They use plastic these days. Could it be one of them? The old ones I mean, not the new ones with plastic.

 

[tank52458]

JD is right lead headed nails used to be commonly used on metal roofs the lead covered the whole head and squashed flat to cover the hole you made in the metal, there were also some with lead washers as he said, then they went to rubber washers and plastic.

 

[GRAY GHOST]

n/t

 

[Elton]

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