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Finds Identification and Valuation
Western Australia - stamped lead sheet, detected a few inches buried near an old WW2 convalescence camp which later became a migrant camp.
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<blockquote data-quote="Greenhornet_au" data-source="post: 645555" data-attributes="member: 8767"><p>Lead may have been reasonably easy to obtain, it is malleable and stamps easy.</p><p>All the pieces seem to be cut to fit the name in perspective of size.</p><p>They all have different fonts and impression depths.</p><p>In a local workshop they would likely be all the same font and depth. </p><p></p><p>So maybe they are test pieces and thrown out along with other scrap, or made in different places maybe as temporary name tags for trunks or something like that. The end product could have been a brass plate with the stamped name.</p><p></p><p>Interesting</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greenhornet_au, post: 645555, member: 8767"] Lead may have been reasonably easy to obtain, it is malleable and stamps easy. All the pieces seem to be cut to fit the name in perspective of size. They all have different fonts and impression depths. In a local workshop they would likely be all the same font and depth. So maybe they are test pieces and thrown out along with other scrap, or made in different places maybe as temporary name tags for trunks or something like that. The end product could have been a brass plate with the stamped name. Interesting [/QUOTE]
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Treasure Hunting
Finds Identification and Valuation
Western Australia - stamped lead sheet, detected a few inches buried near an old WW2 convalescence camp which later became a migrant camp.
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