Howdy, while detecting a South Island river I found this pressed lead plate. Looks as tho it’s a man, maybe climbing a ladder? I’ve contacted Te Papa and they had no idea what it could be from. Chat GPT said it could be a shipping label. Any ideas or info would be helpful
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I asked another AI and it said similar things…
This appears to be a lead seal or pilgrim badge/token. It has a molded design showing what looks like a figure or saint in an architectural frame or niche. Lead badges and tokens like this were common in medieval Europe, often created as souvenirs for pilgrims visiting religious sites or as merchant/trade seals. The grayish color and worn appearance is characteristic of aged lead, and these types of objects were typically cast in molds to create the relief design we can see.
Whatever its is very cool!
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That’s one I haven’t heard yet. I need to do some more research into that
Looks a bit like Lammerlaw trying to break out of jail to me. 
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I wonder if it’s an old lead printing cast… an illustration in a paper or book?
I reckon you are spot on MB. 
JW 
Using a water based paint…press the image and run the image through whatever Ai tool etc i knows nothing of.
Dont want to know what river but roughly where was it found friend of mine after earthquakes was in some tidal rivers found a piece of petrified wood that has 3 holes drilled or burnt through it definitely been shaped also can see knife marks around the handle part, also in same area found a human skull that is so old its turned to a sandstone type material with brow ridges so neanderthal shaped skull we know its a skull cause 4 back teeth still in it. So for wood to b petrified people here long long time b4 ever meant to have been, might be worth trying get those skull island bros to view it there lead was exact same colour dated back to 12th century. Pm the river if sounds like a similar area.