Enfiled Bullet with 57 stamped in the base

[relichound]

Dave & I went back to the site where I dug the US belt buckle last month in Virginia. I only dug one bullet yeterday, but the one bullet is by far my best bullet finds to date. A fired Enfiled with the 57 stamped in the cavity of the bullet. This bullet as most on this forum know was made by the British for the Confederacy, and some how made to the southeern shores via blockade runners. A very cool find.... HH..

Best-

Wayne

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[jamesbibb]

Nice dropped 57 enfeild WTG

 

[umrgolf]

Nice one I think Enfields are one of my favorites to find

 

[steelheadwill]

Great Find!
A Yet for Me

 

[WeaponsUSMC]

Enfields are awsome, I've found a few, but never any with a number. Great find

 

[sekypaleo]

I have dug over 3,000 CW bullets and have yet to find a base marked one...great job, awesome find!

 

[VOL1266-X]

Nice dropped one. I think i have found 2 of those and in Morgan CS camps. Last Winter, Josh found 2 of the "57" marked ones seven days apart in a Gen. Morgan CSA camp. HH.

 

[Daedalus]

You have a very nice find there , I have only seen one other marked bullet like yours in all the years I have been looking at these items.
I would have to say that what you have is rare in finding . But that is my opinion not fact !

 

[{Sentinel}]

Very Nice English made Enfield.

 

[TommNJ]

Nice Bullet Find !

TommNJ

 

[Dman]

Really nice bullet.
Congrats
Dman

 

[Woodland Detectors]

What a great find. I have never found one with a number stamped. Nice save

 

[DiggingVA]

Awesome find!

 

[dwebb210]

Nice dropped 57 enfeild WTG

He said it was a fired bullet. You say dropped.

I agree with you. Lack of rifling marks indicates it is unfired.