Chewed musket ball

[fernald1]

 

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[trapperart]

Very cool

 

[vpnavy]

Nice find - makes you wonder if a soldier was biting into that puppy while being operated on... Thanks for sharing...

 

[texjim]

cool bullet.

 

[GA_Boy]

He could have chewed on it while the Doctor extracted another from his wound.
Marvin

 

[Diggin Dude]

WOW, Interesting find. Congrats. HH

 

[ironhorse]

I would think an animal would have been the chewer on that one

if anyone thinks a human could chew up a musket ball like that... just try it!

I would rather have been shot with one than chew one up to the state it's in!

 

[sutphin]

DANG SOME POOR FELLA HAD IT BAD .... NEEET FIND ...

 

[fernald1]

I found 3 French military buttons mere feet from that musket ball. French Indian war I believe ?

 

[DigIron2]

good find.sometimes gravely road beds will do that too.My teeth couldn't take that,give me a stick and a rag

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Very nice bullet find!

 

[against the wind]

Looks like it might be teeth marks. Hard to determine if the bite marks were caused by human teeth.
Having someone bite down on something that could be swallowed was not an acceptable practice. If morphine was not available for life saving surgical procedures, the patient was restrained and usually screamed his brains out once the cutting began.