Hm. I still think it's aluminum. The color seems more like the lighter color of aluminum than lead. And I've personally seen this kind of thing in the aftermath of a car fire. I picked up the cooled blob and it definitely had the weight of aluminum, not lead.

Headin to CA tomorrow for two weeks for some fire fightin.. wish me luck!

Wear your fireproof underwear. :flamer:

Rock on Bullit!

I'm pretty sure that is lead, too. I've cast a lot of bullets & it looks too light.

Be careful Bullit. I sure wouldn't want your job. I have a fear of burning

Too light, Sarge?:confused:

Too light in color unless casting pure, which wouldn't be the case with the impurities associated with an auto fire. That doesn't even take in account the frosting

So you think it's lead, because it's too light to be aluminum?

Nope. You have misunderstood. It is aluminum because it is too light in color to be lead.

Oh, OK.:D

Argghhh. See how the voices in my head make me screw up. LOL

Ok. The cooled molten metal is likely aluminum based upon the color. I cast lead bullets at a 20:1 ratio, and the metal in the picture doesn't look like lead. This is especially true considering the impurities that would be present if it was lead from a battery comingled with other elements. Plus there is no sign of frosting such as would have occurred with the ground/pavement being a different temp.

Make sense now? Lord, I hope so.

Yeah, I thought that's what you meant. :thumb:

So hang on, you're saying it's lead, right?
;)

OMG. I give up.

We're heading to Big Sur, CA for the Basin Complex Fire. We're not even to Reno yet and already the smoke is limiting visibility to just a few miles.. this is gonna be interesting.