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May 30th, 2025 at 9:33am
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Any help to identify this tool would be appreciated.
  
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Reply #1 - May 30th, 2025 at 11:46am
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Looks like it would create a flat lead disk. No idea and never saw one like that. 

What is the diameter and depth of the recess?
  
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Reply #2 - May 30th, 2025 at 1:12pm
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jimmy wrote on May 30th, 2025 at 11:46am:
Looks like it would create a flat lead disk. No idea and never saw one like that. 

What is the diameter and depth of the recess?


Wonder if it matches the size of a coin.  Just thinkin.

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Reply #3 - May 30th, 2025 at 2:05pm
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Maybe a target for the bottle cap matches?
  
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Reply #4 - May 30th, 2025 at 3:04pm
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Pour a disk in gold and see how much it weighs.  1 oz maybe?
  
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Reply #5 - May 30th, 2025 at 3:23pm
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Statesrights wrote on May 30th, 2025 at 2:05pm:
Maybe a target for the bottle cap matches?


That was my first thought also but any of the soft metals distort too much to get an accurate reading...
  
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Reply #6 - May 30th, 2025 at 3:26pm
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What's the disc diameter?  A mold for making a lead disc to measure Lup for shotguns?
  
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Reply #7 - May 30th, 2025 at 4:12pm
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One more thought. Pour a disc in pure tin and see if its weight is correct for one pound of pure tin to alloy 1-20, 1-25, 1-30. Seems over kill I just take an old worn mold and modify to pour a slug the weight I want in tin then pour a bunch for the next casting session.
  
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Reply #8 - Jun 2nd, 2025 at 9:50pm
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Tom_Trevor assra life no.71 wrote on May 30th, 2025 at 4:12pm:
One more thought. Pour a disc in pure tin and see if its weight is correct for one pound of pure tin to alloy 1-20, 1-25, 1-30. Seems over kill I just take an old worn mold and modify to pour a slug the weight I want in tin then pour a bunch for the next casting session.


Now there's an idea I like!
  
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Reply #9 - Jun 3rd, 2025 at 9:35am
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If there is a way to add a wire, it would make sense that it was to cast a weight or sinker. Sometimes added to curtains to hold them down.

Discs like that were also used as pattern weights to hold fabric and or paper patterns in place instead of pins. They would have been covered so not to leave a mark.

Another option, is a lead plug. Lead lined rooms used in radiology, probably anything dealing with radiation, use a plug to cover fasteners and access holes. Screws and bolts to hold a panel are countersunk, then covered with a lead plug.
  
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Reply #10 - Jun 3rd, 2025 at 10:14am
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I suspect the counterfitters in Wellingtons Peninsular Army used something like that to convert melted down Spanish Dollars to French Francs for the invasion of France in 1814.  Along with the proper stamps.
  
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