Red River Campaign 1864
Jr. Member
- May 17, 2018
- 82
- 211
- Detector(s) used
- Garrett AT Max, Fisher F-75
- Primary Interest:
- Relic Hunting
604 Grains of Death!
604 grains of death! Dug this .69 cal. 3 ring Minieball out of the South Louisiana mud yesterday! Some Yankee, in 1863, loaded this in his Civil War musket..... took aim.... and fired blindly through the sugar cane fields at the Confederate Army! He missed his mark and..... so it set on the battlefield for 155 years! A true piece of Civil War treasure!
The contrast between the dark, cane field mud and the patina on this minieball made, it easy to see when I turned over the dirt!
It was fired so lost some of it's width, length and weight but still a huge hunk of lead!
A hard ID after being fired but looks like it was either a MM 328 or 329! I'm leaning toward the #329 because of the measurements, weight and cavity type!
604 grains of death! Dug this .69 cal. 3 ring Minieball out of the South Louisiana mud yesterday! Some Yankee, in 1863, loaded this in his Civil War musket..... took aim.... and fired blindly through the sugar cane fields at the Confederate Army! He missed his mark and..... so it set on the battlefield for 155 years! A true piece of Civil War treasure!
The contrast between the dark, cane field mud and the patina on this minieball made, it easy to see when I turned over the dirt!
It was fired so lost some of it's width, length and weight but still a huge hunk of lead!
A hard ID after being fired but looks like it was either a MM 328 or 329! I'm leaning toward the #329 because of the measurements, weight and cavity type!
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