Dug $600 Civil war bullet!!!!

[peanut]

Found this bullet in a Confederate camp. It is called a Delvighne and is worth between $600-$700
Thanks for looking.
Peanut

 

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[ANTIQUARIAN]

Incredible find peanut!
Congrats!

Dave

“Captain Henri-Gustave Delvigne of the French Royal Guard grasped that reducing windage–the gap between the sides of the barrel and the ball–was key to raising the musket’s accuracy. The problem here was that muskets loaded faster than rifles because their bullets slid easily down their smooth, wide barrels. Reducing the windage would make loading only more difficult, thereby lowering the musket’s rate of fire to that of the rifle. Delvigne’s novel solution was conceptually similar to a ship-in-a-bottle, in which the folded, flattened vessel is slipped through the narrow neck and unfurled inside. He placed a “rebated,” or slightly smaller, chamber at the bottom of a broad but rifled barrel. The soldier poured the powder down so that it settled into this cramped space and, after rolling down a spherical ball, used a heavy ramrod to stamp on the soft lead bullet so that it flattened and expanded its diameter. Upon firing, the bloated ball gripped the grooves, spun, and turned the musket into a rifle.”

 

[Rickiowa2009]

Cool find

 

[calisdad]

Cool find.

Hey, do you know of an online catalog where one can look up their bullets? I've found several lately.
Thanks- (no hijack intended)

 

[fyrffytr1]

Cool find.

Hey, do you know of an online catalog where one can look up their bullets? I've found several lately.
Thanks- (no hijack intended)

Here is one I use from time to time:
http://www.acwbullets.com/mckee__mason_format.htm

That is a very interesting bullet. Congratulations on a rare find.

 

[bradyglover]

learn something new everyday thank All

 

[RJH02]

That's a great find. I hope you get another next time you go.

 

[extractor]

Congratulations

 

[gemee]

What makes a Delvighne bullet so valuable? Is it it's scarcity? Was it very seldom used, because of the complexity of firing one?
I would think that where you find one,...that you would find more.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

What makes a Delvighne bullet so valuable? Is it it's scarcity? Was it very seldom used, because of the complexity of firing one?
I would think that where you find one,...that you would find more.

I would have to think, because it was the first musket ball invented. That and there just aren't too many around.

 

[billn1956]

If it was the first musket ball,surly they would not have already know about windage and designed this bullet to take care of the problem.Its probaly just due to the fact that there are not that many of them. HH

 

[SkyPirate]

That's very interesting! Great find!

 

[traverdog]

Congrats!!!

 

[Aquila]

Nice find. But bullet that is worth 600-700 USD ? Wow. You have really pricey civil war. Even most nazi stuff isnt so valuable.

 

[KOOTNEY KID]

Neat stuff, that is the most pricey lead i have ever set
my eyes on,if you find more keep it to yourself or the price could drop!

 

[pamlicopanther]

Cool find.

 

[tlf67]

Nice find.

 

[GA Digger]

AWESOME !!!

 

[Nate in Ga]

wowser

 

[micprec]

wow what a great find