Dug an Uncommon CW Bullet thats NOT in the Bullet Book!! Help.

[VOL1266-X]

Dug an Uncommon CW Bullet that's NOT in the Bullet Book!! Help.

I talked Dman into going relic hunting early Sunday morning since the weather for the first of this week in Tennessee was predicted to be wet and cool. We hunted for two hours and recovered 7 CW bullets and a couple other CW relics. Five of the bullets were common 3 ring bullets from a U.S. camp but the other two were different. Dman dug a Merrill Carbine bullet and I found the bullet in the pic. I pointed out to Dman that the rings on the bullet were not like anything I had seen before.
The diameter measures .538 inch and it's 1.002 inches long with the common cone cavity. I emailed the pic to two friends who are considered to be CW relic experts and they disagree on what the CW bullet is. They do agree it's a .54 cal. CW rifle bullet. Anybody seen one like this before? Thanks and HH.

 

[nova treasure]

Re: Dug an Uncommon CW Bullet that's NOT in the Bullet Book!! Help.

I think it is a Machine turned Bullet.

Congrats on the nice finds .

Bill

 

[jamesbibb]

Re: Dug an Uncommon CW Bullet that's NOT in the Bullet Book!! Help.

yeah i agree looks to me that the hin ring was done either by hand or turned after the bullet was manufactured

 

[VOL1266-X]

Re: Dug an Uncommon CW Bullet that's NOT in the Bullet Book!! Help.

I think it is a Machine turned Bullet.

Congrats on the nice finds .

Bill

yeah i agree looks to me that the hin ring was done either by hand or turned after the bullet was manufactured

Thanks Bill and James. I believe you have solved the mystery. Bill sent me a pic from an online database that looked like a close match. They called it a machine turned .54 cal. for rifle. It's a close match to M & M #410 in the bullet book. The price guide lists it for $4-7 so it's not rare but I don't remember ever recovering one like it in over 2,000+ CW bullets. Thanks for your expertise gentlemen. HH, Quindy.

 

[VOL1266-X]

Re: Dug an Uncommon CW Bullet that's NOT in the Bullet Book!! Help.

Never seen one of those. Pretty cool find!
WOW, over 2,000 CW Bullets?!!
I got some catching up to do!

Rob, that's over almost 15 years of hunting for CW relics. They get fewer each year. Thanks for looking Bud, Quindy

 

[ModernMiner]

Re: Dug an Uncommon CW Bullet that's NOT in the Bullet Book!! Help.

Never seen one of those. Pretty cool find!
WOW, over 2,000 CW Bullets?!!
I got some catching up to do!

Rob, that's over almost 15 years of hunting for CW relics. They get fewer each year. Thanks for looking Bud, Quindy

Yeah Rob, back when Q started detecting they were still wheeling the cannons away, so the bullets were plentiful. Geez. Just kidding Q, I know you didn't start detecting until the early 1900's.
Congrats on the mystery CW bullet, getting it ID'd, and being able to add a new one to your collection.
-Doug-
P.S. You should carve "Dman" into a 3-ringer and plant it for him to find next time out. Shhhhh, I won't say a word.

 

[Dman]

Re: Dug an Uncommon CW Bullet that's NOT in the Bullet Book!! Help.

Q,
I will type this slow because I know you read slow.
It looks like a CW bullet made out of lead. From the picture it also looks like it has 3 rings.
Congrats on a most wonderful find.
Dman
Dman
Dman
Dman