Mid-Air Collision Bullet

[Fletch88]

From the research I've done on my finds last week this is a bullet that collided with another bullet traveling in opposite direction. Do many people find these?

 

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[wvplug]

I can't imagine...........WOW!

 

[Silver_Sn1per]

I would think that's rare.

 

[Fletch88]

Here's a picture of 2 different ones in my Civil War Artifact book by Crouch

 

[wvplug]

Interesting. If one thinks about what it takes for this to happen, then the odds of it happening, then the number of times it actually happens, then the odds of them being found, then what percentage of those are actually recovered, things tend to get a little overwhelming. Then on top of that, finding other examples in a book to compare. Maybe it isn't so rare after all. LOTS of soldiers all firing at close range and all at once, mind numbing.

 

[uglymailman]

Think there are a couple at the Anderson house museum in Lexington,MO. I think there is also rifle that had bullet going out as one went in. Been a long time since I was there.

 

[el padron]

That is the coolest thing ever.... make a quality gold casing for it and wear it on a gold or silver chain as a good luck omen.... its cooler then just about anything you could possibly wear as jewelry. That is cool......!!!!!!

 

[gunsil]

I don't think that if two lead projectiles collide in mid air that one would penetrate or pass through the other. I'd be interested in what Cannonballguy has to say about this.

 

[Dwight S]

Seeing the red dirt on it I assume it came from DIV. Not to burst your bubble but it's probably from just being tossed into the fire. There is always a lot of melted lead that comes away from there and I've seen a number of bullets in various states of melt. Did you notice any dark ash dirt when you dug it? If so, you could have been in or near a fire pit. If you go back and see that, dig it out to see if there is anything else in it. A lot of DIV hunters investigate fire pits and find other relics.

Post it up on the DIV forum and ask their opinion.

 

[Fletch88]

Yes that's where it was dug but I didn't see any ash or other debris at all. You may be right it just looked very similar to the 2 pics of some of these in my relic book. It seems unlikely to me also, but I've never found any melted lead with a complete almost perfect hole in the front of it. Thanks for response. I'll post it over there and see what happens.

Walt

 

[JRich98150]

Might possibly have been an "exploding" bullet

 

[kray]

You might also want to investigate the possibility of it being a blow-through.

From the internet (American Civil War Bullets & Cartridges): The blow-through is a result of a weakness in the walls of the upper body of the bullet formed during the manufacturing process. There were several types of ammunition that were prone to blowing clean through like the triangle cavity bullets and the Gardner bullets. Flaws in casting like air pockets created weak areas in the bullets core. Upon firing the pressure would be to great and the bullet would blow apart from the inside.

 

[geologyjohn]

Blow through Confederate Gardner.

 

[Plumbata]

Yup, looks like a blow-through to me. Nice find.

 

[Fletch88]

Ok thanks for the info. I was not aware of blow throughs. This was my first Civil War relic hunt. I did find a artillery fuse the second day while hunting in snowstorm.

 

[DixieLandMan]

I've never found one before but I've seen them in the museum in Gettysburg. Rumors were that there were so many people shooting that bullets like this were common. Cool find!