I suggest it's a lead sealing capsule from a cork-stoppered bottle. See https://sha.org/bottle/closures.htm:
"Corks were held in place in a lot of different ways. The most common and easiest method was simply the compression induced friction of the cork against the inside of the bottle bore and sometimes upper neck. An additional sealing safeguard entailed the placement of a lead or foil wrapper or "capsule" over the upper neck, finish and cork much like champagne and some liquor bottles are sealed today. This foil wrapping held the cork quite firmly in place for most non-carbonated liquids and helped seal the bottle from the atmosphere. A capsule by itself would be inadequate for carbonated products; wire was often used under the capsule to more fully secure the cork."
Looks to me like the object may have embossed designs, a wire impression on the splayed parts, and perhaps some gold foil residues on it.
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The lead object weighs in at 4.8 grams. It seems the consensus is leaning towards a spent bullet.
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What is the gram weight ?
It appears to me to be an impacted bullet to me Any military action in that area in the past?
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Is it too large for a smashed bullet? (That was my first impression.)
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> I am reporting on a prehistoric site in Marshall County, Kansas, and amongst the prehistoric artifacts are a few historic items, including this puzzler pictured in Kansas Memory: https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kansasmemory.org%2Fitem%2F455947&data=02%7C01%7Cchris.garst%40KS.GOV%7C1ad69ecf13e6458ba68608d7fe5f5e64%7Cdcae8101c92d480cbc43c6761ccccc5a%7C0%7C1%7C637257557878125782&sdata=sjkPhPgXw6QXF85JYWwkcPEo%2BsO2v%2FiN9dQBdmsIRzQ%3D&reserved=0 .
> The best we at the Kansas Historical Society have been able to come up with is that it might be an attachment...very vague. It is heavy for its size, possibly made of lead, and is pinched or crimped at the top, and then later hit by farm equipment. Does this suggest any possibilities to you learned folk?
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