Grapeshot or Roundball?

[Dirt McGirt]

Okay so i went back to the spot this morning where I found the old marine button and found some kind of Grapeshot or roundball about 20 yards away. I think I might have stumbled upon some kind of campsite.. I know Civil war camps were found not too far from here. Who knows!

 

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[gunsil]

Could be a "pulled" round ball, that is, one that had to be pulled from the barrel with a "worm". Is it lead? There were thousands and thousands more round balls fired for hunting than any war we ever had so it is not likely to be a military ball. What is the exact diameter? I can't see what kind of coin you have next to it, but if it is a quarter it is way to big to be a round ball musket, pistol, or rifle projectile. Cannister and grape were made of iron. If in fact it is quarter sizes I would think it is from something else like maybe a flyball governor.

 

[Gitschlag]

Looks like a pulled .69 round ball. Standard military load from the early 1700s all the way through to the beginning of the Civil War.

 

[vpnavy]

Nice find.

 

[Georgivs]

Is it brass, lead, or iron? It looks kinda brassy, could it be an ox knob?

 

[Dirt McGirt]

At first I thought it was copper but it rang up brass. The picture I took of it is next to a quarter.

 

[gunsil]

Looks like a pulled .69 round ball. Standard military load from the early 1700s all the way through to the beginning of the Civil War.

Way bigger than a .69 and not lead equals, not a projectile. Dirt, detectors cannot tell you what kind of metal one has, but if it is a copper alloy such as brass it is not any kind of projectile. Quite possibly a ball from a flyball governor or maybe the ball end of a horse hame.

 

[Dug]

If the hole goes all the way through it then it is a net weight, or what we jokingly call a confederate hollow point.

 

[gunsil]

OP says it's not lead but brass, no net weights made of brass.