✅ SOLVED FOUND AT THE BATTLE OF WYOMING (HELP)

[356rmb]

I WAS HUNTING WHERE THE BATTLE OF WYOMING TOOK PLACE AND I EVEN FOUND MY FIRST CIVIL WAR BULLET THERE BUT IN THE SAME HOLE DOWN ABOUT ANOTHER 4 INCHES I PULLED THIS OUT NOT SURE WHAT IT IS OR WAS USED FOR ALSO WOULD ANY ONE KNOW WHAT TYPE OF BULLET THIS IS. ANY HELP WILL BE WELCOME THANKS RICH

 

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[jewelerguy]

rifling marks on the bullet indicate it's not civil war era. my guess is that's somewhere around a .44 cal. Has some patina to it, but probably not older than maybe 120 years

 

[Mud Hut]

The one piece in question looks like a figure 8 chain link.

 

[rich f]

it looks like a piece of leaveitright to me

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

The bullet appears to be an unfired 1870s/80s .44-40 bullet for Winchester Model-1873 Rifle or Marlin Rifle, manufactured by Winchester. Here's a photo of an original 1890s packet of them, except these are hollow-nose, and they have "reeding" or "knurling" in the bullet's body-grooves.

 

[356rmb]

The bullet appears to be an unfired 1870s/80s .44-40 bullet for Winchester Model-1873 Rifle or Marlin Rifle, manufactured by Winchester. Here's a photo of an original 1890s packet of them, except these are hollow-nose, and they have "reeding" or "knurling" in the bullet's body-grooves.

WOW THAT LOOKS LIKE IT THANKS SO MUCH. I CAN'T WAIT TO GET BACK OUT THERE AND FIND SOME MORE THANKS AGAIN RICH

 

[jewelerguy]

The bullet appears to be an unfired 1870s/80s .44-40 bullet

blow up the pic and you can see rifling marks from it having been fired. but fired or unfired wasn't the original question anyway. I'm just pointing out a detail