What is it?

[encorehunter]

The owner thought it was lead. It isn't I don't think. It leaves gray on your hand like graphite, appears to have been painted white at one time. It is roughly 14 inches tall, 9.5 inches on the ends and 12 inches in the middle. Iit weighs right at 90 pounds. Any ideas? I have no idea, maybe a counterbalance or plug?63613

[ray1970]

Godzilla's butt plug?

[Jamnanc]

How easy is it to scratch?

[KevDen2005]

How easy is it to scratch?

Is it a requirement to sniff immediately following a scratch?

[encorehunter]

I can scratch it with my thumbnail. Not very deep, but it does mark the surface.

[BushMasterBoy]

See if you can determine its hardness.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohs_scale_of_mineral_hardness

[ray1970]

I'm pretty sure it isn't lead. A piece of lead that size would weight somewhere around 450 pounds. Maybe it's aluminum? Could be somebody smelted some beer cans to make them easier to haul to the recycling place? A hunk of aluminum that size would weigh around 90 pounds ish.

[ray1970]

I'm guessing it's aluminum. The white stuff you thought might be paint residue is most likely oxidation. Just a guess though.

[Zombie Steve]

Does it taste like lead?

[zteknik]

Dickfer......[Coffee]

[jslo]

Big ass magnet the way that pen is sticking to it[Sarcasm2]

[fitz19d]

That an actual thread on it or just ridges.

[Duman]

Godzilla's butt plug?

[LOL]

[GilpinGuy]

That an actual thread on it or just ridges. If it's threaded maybe it's a plug for a well bore?

[encorehunter]

It has opposing threads. Magnets do not stick to it. I may have an answer, but I'll let this go on for a little while. The threads chip with a pocket knife.

[Jamnanc]

Magnesium. Don't set it on fire.

[ray1970]

Magnesium. Don't set it on fire.

Ooo. If it is magnesium, we need a video when you do burn it.

[Gman]

My guess is an aluminum ingot. Ingots often have a trapezoidal shape which makes them easier to remove from the mold.

[Jamnanc]

Must be a weird sort of internal coupler for large diameter threaded pipe. Probably aluminum. I'm struggling to figure out how it would be removed though.

[BushMasterBoy]

Ok, I think I got it. Graphite mold piece. Graphite crucibles are quite common. Here is a pic of one I heated to about 2300 degrees F


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[encorehunter]

This came from an antique mall in Pueblo. One of my Captains that works at the steel mill thinks it may be a refractory conductor coupler. He thinks with the waxy feel of it, it is refractory compound that will hold up the 3700 degrees. If it is, I think I have a new gas forge.

[Jamnanc]

*Requests youtube video of when Godzilla's magnesium butt plug gets utilized as a gas forge for the first time*

Just in case something goes, you know... awesome.


Seconded.and please edit my second post to say, magnesium, please set it on fire.

[SideShow Bob]

Have you started glowing in the dark yet ? Or started to suddenly losing clumps of hair or maybe your teeth started falling out ?

If yes to any of the previous, it could be a uranium ingot.......

[Irving]

Was the antique store located near the new Candella neighborhood they're building?

[hurley842002]

Was the antique store located near the new Candella neighborhood they're building?

Lol

[Irving]

I hear that Candella is offering up 5 properties for refugees from Flint, MI.

[Ah Pook]

Was the antique store located near the new Candella neighborhood they're building?
It was in Pueblo, not Rocky Flats.

I'm hoping for magnesium. Just don't ignite it in the car.