Hello! I hope someone can help me... My friend and I were relics' hunting with the metal detectors the other day in the area of the gothic line, Italy, where the battles of the US, British and German troops had happened. We found a lot of stuff related. Bullets, metal cases, cartridges, exploded hand grenades and also this (see pic below). Maybe someone can help us to identify this? Thank you. https://photos.app.goo.gl/65HoFqNeRCF9MhNE7
First thing that entered my mind that the object looked to be some form of balancing weight. Lead is not used for rotating shaft balancing.
Indeed, zinc now. We're not allowed to scatter lead around any more. I used to pick them up from the roadsides to melt down.
Railway wheel balancing on coaches was by adding nuts and bolts or 6 inch plates drilled through the wheel disc at designated positions indicated by the same type of wheel balancer as found in a garage only bigger. No Brass involved.