RingMaster44
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NOPE had them looked at by dentist - human sized molar marks
Really cool!<img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=935329"/> small sample of musketballs (got more) - chewed a few said same thing to me - got to be an animal - NOPE had them looked at by dentist - human sized molar marks large piece looks like it would fit perfect in pallet
Truth is you'll never be able to solve the debate but certainly looks human. I call the hog theory hogwash.
I can't believe that an animal whose got a nose that takes up 3/4 of his face and can smell expensive culinary delicacies growing under the soil (truffles) thought an odorless piece of lead was food? Nah.
I used to shoot black powder - I used to hold my next shot in my teeth -He must be quite a dentist!
I wonder if it is humanI have dug quite a few "chewed bullets,that came from sites that had no reason for pain,or any military or battle affiliation........rodent chewed
I have found them with very obvious teeth marks that leave little doubt as to them being human. Lot's of controversy over the chewed bullets, but yours doesn't look like just a rodent to me. The larger deeper gouges anyway. Just my 2 cents.
Just a myth, folks. I believe the damage comes from something else, what, I'm unsure of. I have found several so mangled up, as far as dents and there is no way a human chewed on a bullet as if it were a piece of bubble gum. Even though lead is soft, it isn't soft to the bite I'm quite positive.
Maybe...I can't tell by the pics..And I'm no expert on chewed bullets..But to me,it looks like the marks are swerving in a spiral..as if they were rifling marks..In that time period of 3 ringers,riflings were in the barrels.Just my thoughts.
for those who say these are rodent chew marks, rodents leave OBVIOUS tell tale marks, 2 teeth. see photo. View attachment 938417
folks who say they can't bite hard enough to make the dents obviously have never been under the tender care of a civil war doctor performing an amputation...