Originally Posted by
Dusty Bannister
Three of the ingots are of the same form that Linotype is found. But we have seen some lino ingot molds for sale in the past, so that is not a sure indication. The fourth is a different type and slightly different luster. I would suspect it might be a richer alloy used to add to the lino to bring it up to normal grade.
Simple matter to melt off a small bit to have one of the list members do the XRF scan at the cost of about one pound of lead per sample and know exactly what you have. I would say a good find regardless, and if tests prove out, it would be an excellent find. Good luck.