Are all three ringed bullets old?

[MackDigger]

Pics forthcoming.. Found in a area settled oin 1760.

 

[MackDigger]

Anyone?!? Super hyped about this find..

 

[jewelerguy]

here's a post from march that might interest you... http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/w...t-supposedly-modern-what-people-say-here.html

 

[mirage83]

Everything depends on the individual details of the bullet MD... dimensions, weight, design, etc. There are CW, post-CW, and modern casts which have a varied number of "rings". Once we have some pics and/or some of the specs someone will be far more likely to positively identify your find.

 

[MackDigger]

Ok sorry I was wrong it has two rings but the look and patina scream old to me. Anyone who knows please enlighten me. Here are said pics.

 

[jamesbibb]

Looks like a .45 cal bullet. From a cased cartridge. Probably turn of the century. +-

 

[MackDigger]

Really because the only images online that look even remotely similar to myn are all 1800s Scratching head.

 

[jamesbibb]

Clean your bullet vigorously. Along the base or within the rings you will probably find "crimp marks" or small vertical lines where it was crimped to a more modern case. Also your bullet is machine made in a more modern process.
It may be 1800s but the very latter part if at all. Its most definatley a post cw projectile

 

[jamesbibb]

These are genuine 3 ringers and others i dug recently from CW sites. Notice the size and construction

 

[MackDigger]

Ok, I appreciate the info. They do look much bigger but someone else mentioned the lines within the groves I looked with a loop and don't see any. Also was it fired or dropped?

 

[Edward1976]

Too small to be a slug, I think pistol, turn of the century. If in doubt, take to a gun shop?

 

[mirage83]

I'd say a cast pistol bullet, .45 or thereabouts, would make it anywhere from 1870's onward.

 

[Davers]

Id agree with the 45cal post CW period. but you never know.