Found an old lead bullet similar to this diving, what date era is this from?

makahaman · Mar 29, 2015

Was water hunting and was finding tons of lead objects then saw an old lead bullet, I was going to pick it up but lost it!! It looked like the ones guys find in the civil war battle fields. The two or three ringed one, I am not sure what its called but what would you date that bullet? And what is it called? I am no expert in relics so could someone give me an idea as to the age of this bullet? I will try to post a picture from the web...

GatorBoy · Mar 29, 2015

Seems you could have just typed "Civil War bullet" into a search engine like Google and found all this information already but the ones you have posted here are Minie balls.
The ones I've found in the water were lacking that white patina that comes from oxidation

makahaman · Mar 30, 2015

It was found in the water in Hawaii so there was no civil war here, I was just curious to know the date of them. Like about what years it could have been from? 1800's?

GatorBoy · Mar 30, 2015

They weren't all used in the Civil War its just a nice easy general search term to use to pull up information you could just type in the name I just gave you (Minis ball) and find all the info you would want to know.. Yes 1800's...but... There are still molds that you could make them tomorrow.
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