First bullets found with daughter

[chisel]

Only had AT Pro 2 days and founds these with my 10 year old. We are both hooked. Hoping to keep the good luck going

 

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Only had AT Pro 2 days and founds these with my 10 year old. We are both hooked. Hoping to keep the good luck going

What are the diameters? Need for Caliber.

Is this your first machine?

 

[absosecur]

The one on left is a sharps carbine minnieball. Not sure bout the other two but all three are minnieball a from the civil war. Congrats. Great way to start out. Get your daughter a machine too.

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[HomeGuardDan]

The one on left is a sharps carbine minnieball. Not sure bout the other two but all three are minnieball a from the civil war. Congrats. Great way to start out. Get your daughter a machine too.

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Actually none of these are minnie balls. That is a phrase that is used too often. The two on the right are Sharps carbines. The one on the left looks to be a colt pistol bullet - though the base is a bit longer. I don't have my book in front of me to be certain.

 

[chisel]

Yeah I know the smaller one is a pistol bullet. Hoping to find few more tonight

 

[absosecur]

The one on left is a sharps carbine minnieball. Not sure bout the other two but all three are minnieball a from the civil war. Congrats. Great way to start out. Get your daughter a machine too.

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[absosecur]

The one on left is a sharps carbine minnieball. Not sure bout the other two but all three are minnieball a from the civil war. Congrats. Great way to start out. Get your daughter a machine too. Great hobby!!!

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[absosecur]

My phone just went crazy with repeat post. Sorry. I stand to be corrected. I was just going by what I had been told about the one on the left. My bad.

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[TheCannonballGuy]

The defining characteristic of a Minie-bullet (or "Minie-ball") is that it was a muzzleloader bullet which had a large-&-deep cavity in its base so that firing it caused the bullet's base to expand outward into the gunbarrel's rifling-grooves. If a bullet doesn't have a large-&-deep cavity in its base, it is not a Minie-bullet.
Minié ball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Your two larger bullets are unfired civil war era breechloader Sharps .52-caliber Carbine/Rifle bullets. Both sides in the war used them, but most are yankee-made.

The pistol bullet is an unfired civil war era Colt Revolver "old model" bullet. Can't be sure about its caliber without precise measurement of its diameter, but comparing it with the nearby .52 Sharps bullets, it looks like a .36-caliber.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Nice finds! Congrats to you and daughter! Who did the first happy dance ?

Absoscur- it's not your phone, the double post gremlin is at it again.
Happen to me with my i-pad, I just cancel the second post when it pops up.
Nothing like repeating your self right.

 

[HomeGuardDan]

My phone just went crazy with repeat post. Sorry. I stand to be corrected. I was just going by what I had been told about the one on the left. My bad.

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sorry no worries - the great and bad thing about the web is it is tough to see emotion. I am a short and blunt individual ha ha comes off wrong sometimes. CB Guy answered it better than I ever could.

Dan

 

[chisel]

Thanks to all. and I danced first

 

[goldhungry]

Nice finds Chisel. And thanks for getting your daughter involved. More parents need to get their children involved in great outdoor hobbies.

 

[vpnavy]

Great finds! Thanks for sharing...