Welcome guest, is this your first visit?
Member
Discoveries
 
Results 1 to 6 of 6
  1. #1
    us
    Oct 2011
    29
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting

    Need help identifying a civil war bullet? and a pipe stem?

    So I've been having some pretty good luck at recent site I found with some research. I've been pulling up relics dating in age from the colonial period through the Indian Wars in the 1870's. I recently found a few of these bullets that I haven't been able to match up to any others on the internet. So, I've come to the experts!

    The bullet is made of lead and measures 1/2'' long by 1/4'' wide. It appears to have 2 rings.

    Also, I dug up this piece of pipe stem. I'd like to know its approximate age so I could date the various garbage pits I've come across.
    I'm not sure what the pipe is made of but the width of the stem is 1/4'' and the drilled hole is 1/16''. At the base of the stem where it meets the bowl it reads L. Frolet and then an S under that but its broken off at that point.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated!
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Need help identifying a civil war bullet? and a pipe stem?-small1.jpg   Need help identifying a civil war bullet? and a pipe stem?-small2.jpg  

  2. #2
    pr
    Oct 2008
    Vega Baja
    580
    1 times

    Re: Need help identifying a civil war bullet? and a pipe stem?


  3. #3
    us
    Dec 2007
    Chattanooga, TN
    Tosoro Bandido
    499
    Metal Detecting

    Re: Need help identifying a civil war bullet? and a pipe stem?

    I think I can see crimp mark on your bullet. If that be the case than it is not civilwar era. That method of loading bullets didn't come along until after the war.

  4. #4

    Feb 2006
    942
    22 times

    Re: Need help identifying a civil war bullet? and a pipe stem?

    Definitely 20th-century. Looks like a .22 Long Rifle bullet. Whenever you see lots of tiny short parallel ridges inside a bullet's body-groove, it dates from no earlier than the 1880s. It is called a "reeded-groove" a characteristic which has been manufactured from the 1880s through all the decades up to today.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Need help identifying a civil war bullet? and a pipe stem?-bullet_postwar_reeded-groove_photobybebo_dscn0245_855x642.jpg  

  5. #5

    Feb 2008
    1,316

    Re: Need help identifying a civil war bullet? and a pipe stem?

    I found two like CBG's in my buffalo wallow. Thought I was the top dog of the high plains. Then I learned they weren't "old" enough to get me into the Who's Who of Bullet Diggers. The grey instead of white was a give away, but I thought that maybe the different dirt treated the bullet more kindly. Not the case.

  6. #6
    Charter Member
    us
    monty

    Jan 2005
    Sand Springs, OK
    ACE 250, Garrett
    10,698
    19 times
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting
    Banner Finds (1)

    Re: Need help identifying a civil war bullet? and a pipe stem?

    I agree not a Civil War bullet. A quarter inch would be about .250" Need to "mike" the bullet to see what the true diameter is. Could be a .25-35 Rifle bullet? Usually found in a lever action Winchester rifle. Monty
    Don't make me loose the hounds! If you dig, Cover up your holes.

 

 

Home | Forum | Active Topics | What's New

Sponsors

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Search tags for this page

civil war bullet identification guide
,
civil war bullet with stem
,
civil war bullets
,
civil war bullets identification
,
guide to identifying civil war bullets
,

identify civil war bullets

Click on a term to search for related topics.
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v4.1.3