Civil war minie? SOLVED VERY RARE CIVIL WAR MINIE!!!

[peanut]

Any ideas on what type this is?
Thanks, peanut

 

[vayank54]

Re: Civil war minie?

Why do all these weird bullets come out of Arkansas? I have no idea what it is and couldn't find it in any book. It sure looks civil war though. American Digger Magazine did an article last year on odd bullets from Arkansas. You might be albe to ask them if no one on here can ID it. It sort of looks like the CS teat base but looks like it has more rings

 

[traderoftreasures]

Re: Civil war minie?

the one on the left resembles a gardner. the other on the right resembles a sharp's rubber cased..

 

[vayank54]

Re: Civil war minie?

I found this in the supplement of McKee's & Mason's bullet book. They have it as a Delvigne design of unknown use. In case anyone is wondering the spelling is correct on that. It has a shallow plug type cavity and measures .502 by 1.274
Not 100% sure it's the right bullet. North South Traders price guide has the Delvigne listed at $600.00 +

 

[thrillathahunt]

Re: Civil war minie?

Looks like you might have a rare CW bullet there!

 

[peanut]

Re: Civil war minie?

I found this in the supplement of McKee's & Mason's bullet book. They have it as a Delvigne design of unknown use. In case anyone is wondering the spelling is correct on that. It has a shallow plug type cavity and measures .502 by 1.274
Not 100% sure it's the right bullet. North South Traders price guide has the Delvigne listed at $600.00 +

Man it sure looks like thats it! That is awesome, I found this bullet in the same field as the cosmopolitan type II.
Thank you sir,
peanut

 

[peanut]

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Just speaking up to offer confirmation... yes, it is definitely a civil war Delvigne minie. Extraordinarily rare.

Congratulations!

 

[kuger]

Missed this way back when!A $600 bullet,that was Banner material!

 

[AKiwi]

I may have missed something, but why is it called a minie??
Something like a small cannon bullet thingy?

 

[Kenosha Kid]

I may have missed something, but why is it called a minie??
Something like a small cannon bullet thingy?

Named after its co-developer, Claude Etienne Minié, inventor of the Minié rifle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minié_ball

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minié_rifle

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

For AKiwi (and any other readers here who don't already know):
In addition to Kenosha Kid's statements and Links... in the US civil war era, the term Minie-bullet (or Minie-ball) refers to any of the hundreds of varieties of rifle bullets which had the basic form originally invented by Mr. Minie. (That form is a cylindro-conical lead bullet with a large cavity centered in the bullet's base.) Please note, the term Minie-bullet is a "generic" description. Having different numbers of grooves or bands (or none) on the bullet's body doesn't matter ...it is still basically Minie's design.

Most of us diggers & collectors were initially mystified by the term "Minie-ball," because the bullet obviously is not a ball. But in all previous years (even centuries) before Minie's invention, almost all bullets were ball-shaped, so the vast majority of civil war soldiers (and writers) insistantly referred to Minie type bullets as a "Minie-ball."

That term has stuck to them even to this day. If you ask a civil war relic-digger what he found last weekend, he will probably say "Oh, just an eagle button and a few Minie-balls." (But if he were writing, he would probably mis-spell it as "mini" balls.) ;-)

 

[Michaelangelo]

Great info Cannonballguy. Always wondered why they were call minnies. Now I'm educated!!
Thanks!!

 

[fyrffytr1]

I'm thankful that the inventor's name wasn't Blue!

 

[revravyid]

or "Kablue"....

 

[BuckleBoy]

Post this on Today's Finds. I'd love to see a $600 bullet make the banner!