340 with metal in oil pan

This is the cylinder that has the piston in upside down. No loose springs etc.

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Either you "missed" on matching the head to the piston or someone has been in there since the valve strike, those valves don't appear to have hit that piston. Sure you didn't flip something and take a picture of the wrong chamber on the head?