FIRST 3 RING Bullet

[BLACKIE555]

I'm new at this and have seen folks describe these as finds.....I made the assumption these were only typically found around battlefields. I didn't expect to find one in my cornfield here in southern Michigan, so I was surprised to dig it up.

.58" in diameter about .99" long and weighs 1.10 oz or thereabouts. Conical hollow base.

 

[sledge8165]

looks like Sharps rifle bullet .54-.58

 

[vpone]

great find

vp

 

[Terry Soloman]

Way cool - Congrats on your first!

 

[smokeythecat]

Nice. With a conical base I don't think it's a Sharps. Looks more like a standard union .58 and someone whittled the top of it! Best guess.

 

[Evan in CA]

Cool find. I’ve only found newer ones

 

[BLACKIE555]

That's nice.... My 12 acre field is landlocked by the village, however it was (and still is) a farm. It's stubble now, pain to sweep the rows my arm is killing me...I hunted sunup to sundown yesterday and picked 4 modern pennies. I likely lost a few of them myself 25 years ago ha ha. This bullet popped on the first hole this morning. There hasn't been a rifle shot on my land in a long time. It was sold and divided up into smaller bits probably around 1890 or so. This would've likely been a civilian owned gun right? Probably a surplus item after the war? Unless, there was a Battle of Union City Michigan nobody knew about? Short skirmish...only one shot fired? Probably not. I'm happy I found something I'm windburned and feeling my age tonight.

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Calabash Digger]

Congrats!

 

[smokeythecat]

Its always exciting finding the first one. First one I found was on the 1777 Brandywine, PA battlefield. The minie hadn't been invented at that time. I think in both our cases veterans came home with some guns and were hunting deer.

 

[RVRoamer74]

Congrats on the bullet. Had to chuckle a bit when you mentioned finding the pennies you could have lost years ago. That's awesome. GL to ya out there.

 

[Truth]

Congratulations I remember my first three ringer it felt amazing.

 

[Wildcat1750]

Nice find!
Anything's possible. I've found a couple of fired ones in CT...probably military surplus for hunting after the CW.