When you least expect it ...

[Digger]

312631

I love to chase down history here in our part of Nevada and was out walking down what I deduced was an original road back in the day when they still used wagons and old model T's ...
The area long abandoned with the existing roads and highways .
I came upon this piece of sheet lead of all things ..as I am always looking for an area to use my metal detector .
What in particular it was used for is any ones guess but it came home with me for my stash to melt down.
Made my day.

[CastingFool]

Cool find! Beats finding rusty nails and beer can tabs.

[Digger]

Cool find! Beats finding rusty nails and beer can tabs.

Or a heck of a lot of square nails , which I will back when the snow melts !

[MrWolf]

312631

I love to chase down history here in our part of Nevada and was out walking down what I deduced was an original road back in the day when they still used wagons and old model T's ...
The area long abandoned with the existing roads and highways .
I came upon this piece of sheet lead of all things ..as I am always looking for an area to use my metal detector .
What in particular it was used for is any ones guess but it came home with me for my stash to melt down.
Made my day.

Shower bottoms were lined with lead along with areas of flashing and around concrete pylons in wet areas. Found them like that so I know at least those three areas.

[Winger Ed.]

If it was found near where old houses were, it's probably from a shower pan.
Another use of Lead sheet was on some types of roofing.

When that old church in France burned down, several tons of Lead (sheet) melted from the roofing.

[Sasquatch-1]

Looks like a good couple days of muzzleloader shooting to me.

[GregLaROCHE]

Free lead is always welcome wherever you find it. Good score!