Grapeshot or Roundball?

Dirt McGirt

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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!:dontknow:
 

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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.
 

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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.
 

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

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

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.
 

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

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

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