Civil war bullets and something else?

[Ihatepoisonivy]

Had a great day, I think I have traversed 20 miles in the last year metal detecting and have only found 8 or 9 civ bullets. Today in a 20 yard radius I found 10! I'm not so sure what the odd ball bullet is, any guesses? Also same site as bullets and deep in the ground I found this metal tube thing with threads inside.....any clues? Found the 1907 dime yesterday at different location.

 

[RelicPrime113]

awesome finds, especially the dime! The tube looks like it could be a bullet casing.

 

[Ihatepoisonivy]

Also this was my first silver dime!

 

[RelicPrime113]

Congrats on your first silver dime! I found one today too.

 

[Ihatepoisonivy]

awesome finds, especially the dime! The tube looks like it could be a bullet casing.

It looks that way but it's got nice threads down into it, feels more durable than an old casing too.

 

[plugcutter84]

Awesome finds! I like the wormed 3 ringer. The one bullet is a Williams cleaner. The other one looks like it might have been carved? I think the threaded piece could've been part of a ramrod or some kind of gun cleaning tool. Just a guess. Congrats!

 

[vpnavy]

Great finds! Thanks for sharing...

 

[goldencoin]

Agreed, looks like a ramrod tip- nice finds

HH
-GC

 

[Ihatepoisonivy]

Agreed, looks like a ramrod tip- nice finds HH -GC

Being they made several versions of ramrods that thread together, perhaps this piece protects the threads on those not being used or when it's taken apart

 

[Dug]

Bet the odd lead item is a self manufactured nipple protector for their rifle. Placed them over the percussion nipple to keep water out of the tube.

Pound that site, bet you might find a tompion too.

 

[Ihatepoisonivy]

Bet the odd lead item is a self manufactured nipple protector for their rifle. Placed them over the percussion nipple to keep water out of the tube. Pound that site, bet you might find a tompion too.

That would be cool, I learn something everyday, I noticed it had two little opposing "V"s notched into the top. Haven't seen that before.

 

[Mach1Pilot]

With all of those bullets, they may have been there for a while.... You may want to consider digging every signal at a site like that.