The acceleration of gravity is
9.8 m/s^2 down.
When an object falls out of a hand, its speed after 1.8s is
(9.8)x(1.8) = 17.6 m/s down.
It doesn't matter what it is, how much it weighs, or how high it was dropped from.
If it's more than 17.6 m/s, then this happened on a different, bigger planet.
If it's less than 17.6 m/s, then it must have hit something on the way down, like some air or something.