Can anyone identify this from the photo.

[Dadswickedammo]

Scrounged this up a while back.
Looks like, sounds like,feels like zinc but I just don't know. Attachment 188476

[GhostHawk]

Drop it on the floor, does it go thud, or ring like a bell?

Can you scratch it with a thumbnail?

Lead is soft and has a very dull thud sound to it, zinc is harder and rings.

[William Yanda]

Muriatic acid test recommended

[BNE]

You can also try cutting a piece of with wire cutters. Zinc will be MUCH harder than Lead or Tin.

Also, it will not melt as fast as Lead or Tin.

[RedRiver]

I did a search for it and the best I can come up with is magnesium.

[Bookworm]

If it's magnesium, it's a good bit more valuable than either lead, or zinc.

[Silvercreek Farmer]

Magnesium will be light like aluminum. Shave some off with a knife and hit it with a torch for a while. If it catches fire and burns with a bright white flame, it is probably magnesium.

[Dadswickedammo]

So no thud kinda clangy heavy not lead heavy can scratch it and shines at scratch. Will use it as a door stop till I figure it out.

[M-Tecs]

I don't know what it is but it is not magnesium.

[JimB..]

Do you have the ability to accurately measure it's mass and volume to determine density?

[Dadswickedammo]

Not magnesium really hope its..
99.99+ Silver

[colchester]

Tin? Can you take it to a yard and have them shoot it for you?

[Jniedbalski]

Could be Babbitt Bearing material

[Dadswickedammo]

My local scrap yard is reluctant to use the scanner he tells me it cost over 100 grand.
Babbitt looked into that but it's a mixture so I don't think it would say 99.99+.
Federated metal all I could find major super fund clean up site.

[Crazyrcflier]

You can easily determine the volume by filling a measuring cup with water and placing the item in the water and noting how much the water rose. The more accurate the measuring cup, the better.