My First 3 Ringer lead... help with caliber?

BigWaveDave

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I got sent on a wild goose chase to find a lost ring... told it was either silver or gold, with a heart design, in an acre size lawn.
After digging 8000 holes of foil and other crap, I found a junk copper plated ring, with a bow design.
That’s it! She says.... I was more pissed that it was a junker than an actual heirloom. Oh well.

Hole #2392 this little guy pops out, really the best thing I found, as I’d never dug one before...

Help with approx age and ID would be appreciated, as I got no clue.
It’s kinda smashed, but got some punch to it, like it would hurt for sure.

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Thanks for looking!:hello:
 

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lenmac65

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Sorry for your frustration, but you made me smile with the story. Hope you get an ID on the bullet.
 

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It might not have been made of valuable metal, but to the woman it was everything! Kudos to you for helping her!
 

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Nice ring return! :occasion14:
 

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Great story! Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the bullet doesn’t appear to be Civil War. Not sure what period it is, but it’s definitely not a three ring mini ball.
 

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Dave, I’ll have to agree with Fullstock. I think what you have there is a .50 or .54 caliber Thompson center maxi ball used for deer hunting
 

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Makes perfect sense to me..... lotsa deer here.
Thanks guys.
 

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I got sent on a wild goose chase to find a lost ring... told it was either silver or gold, with a heart design, in an acre size lawn.
After digging 8000 holes of foil and other crap, I found a junk copper plated ring, with a bow design.
That’s it! She says.... I was more pissed that it was a junker than an actual heirloom. Oh well.

Hole #2392 this little guy pops out, really the best thing I found, as I’d never dug one before...

Help with approx age and ID would be appreciated, as I got no clue.
It’s kinda smashed, but got some punch to it, like it would hurt for sure.

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Thanks for looking!:hello:

Before reading the other reply's ; ill say it looks like a modern but old muzzle loader but I could be wrong , here is one I found that is similar .

awww forget it , i'm to stupid to add the pic tho ill try 1 more time .
 

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Davers

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