Antietam CW finds. Has Anyone ever seen this???

[tymcmurray]

Civilman, rtde3 and I got out to Antietam today and started
hunting. I got a little sick and had to call it early, (&%$$!!!
I did come away with some 58s, round balls, bucks, an eagle
button back, a rivet (my first), lead frags, and a strange piece.





This is a buck and ball with two of the bucks somehow fused
to the ball. The third buck just popped right out.



Has anybody seen anything like this? How does this happen?

 

[CRUSADER]

No.

 

[fortbball9]

check it out M&M 551

http://www.southronrelics.com/civil_war_bullets.htm

http://www.baymediapro.com/collection/bullet_rings_list.asp
click on number of grooves and hit roundball,scroll down

Congrats!!!!!!

 

[tymcmurray]

check it out M&M 551

http://www.southronrelics.com/civil_war_bullets.htm

http://www.baymediapro.com/collection/bullet_rings_list.asp
click on number of grooves and hit roundball,scroll down

Congrats!!!!!!

Soooooo...... you've seen it?

LOL!

Cool!

 

[civilman1]

That's Awesome Ty....Probably one of the first thing's to come to my mind was a fused buck-n-ball......Hopefully that will be the "first and last" They don't show up everyday Hope you feel better for tommorrow and Nice find!!!!

 

[Dman]

The buck and ball is a neat find. I have never seen one like it.
Dman

 

[ringfinder]

check it out M&M 551

http://www.southronrelics.com/civil_war_bullets.htm

http://www.baymediapro.com/collection/bullet_rings_list.asp
click on number of grooves and hit roundball,scroll down

Congrats!!!!!!

Wow, That is amazing, I never thought the 3 ringers I found could be worth so much. Amazing!
Thanks for the post.

HH,Ringfinder

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Interesting find! Great you guys hooked up with Rob. HH, Mike

 

[allen]

way to go on those cool civil war relics....

 

[Born Free]

Good stash for a "short" day. Lets see what you get when you feel good!

I'm still confused about how they happen, the buck and ball. Maybe someone will know.

Great finds from a famous (infamous) Civil War battlefield.

Born Free

 

[tymcmurray]

Thanks all.
I, too, am still confused about how they happen.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Dropped Near a fire during the lead melting/casting process. Had to be dropped close enough to the fire to where they singed enough to melt together but not burn. Probably the paper wrapper singed off and the one buck fell--or perhaps the wrapper split open allowing one to escape. (This is not unthinkable when you consider HOW the twine was wrapped around the three buckshot. One could certainly fallen and the other two remained held in place.)


I have found several of these "charred but not fully melted" bullets at CW picket posts here in KY. I can post similar .69 cal round balls if you like.


Regards,



Buckleboy

 

[tymcmurray]

Dropped Near a fire during the lead melting/casting process. Had to be dropped close enough to the fire to where they singed enough to melt together but not burn. Probably the paper wrapper singed off and the one buck fell--or perhaps the wrapper split open allowing one to escape. (This is not unthinkable when you consider HOW the twine was wrapped around the three buckshot. One could certainly fallen and the other two remained held in place.)


I have found several of these "charred but not fully melted" bullets at CW picket posts here in KY. I can post similar .69 cal round balls if you like.


Regards,



Buckleboy

I LIKE!!!!!

 

[t-bucket]

WTG on a great hunt !!!

 

[BuckleBoy]

Here ya go... Photos of charred .69 cal. round balls dropped close enough to a fire to melt a little but not puddle.








We found probably a dozen of these at a picket post from a winter camp here in KY--so this type of drop in terms of proximity to the campfire was not as uncommon as it might sound. A soldier would certainly Not have reached his hand down to pick up a bullet dropped that close. The staining on mine was due to them being dropped in the ash. (The top right bullet in your first photo looks stained as well.)



Regards,



Buckleboy

 

[Hutch911]

Yep I would agree dropped by a fire cool finds !

 

[ModernMiner]

Nice CW relics Ty. Congrats.
Great picture of you three.
Hope you're feeling better.
-Doug-

 

[zaxfire69]

Ah man. I thought it was carved that way. Looked like a little bag with ball in it and a Face carved on the side of it. I need

 

[Monty]

The south often was low on projectiles and would load whatever they had on hand to fire out of a cannon. Lots of times they would fire balls of different sizes and it looks like a smaller one impacted and lodged onto a larger one to me. Just an educated guess. Monty

 

[johnreb1980]

Nice find Ty.