Iron, Lead and a Meteorite?

[romeo-1]

Probably a meteor-wrong but it lit up the detector and is magnetic.

Spent a couple hours on the beach...found a couple chunks of mortar that mate up. Also found the usual assortment of musket balls including a strange one...good time!

 

[ironhorse]

Ball from a Brunswick rifle , I got a couple myself, I think they were a short lived model.

 

[Iron Patch]

In all the places I have hunted there's only one little piece of shoreline where I found those belted balls. Not a very common find.

 

[romeo-1]

In all the places I have hunted there's only one little piece of shoreline where I found those belted balls. Not a very common find.

Out of the 1000s of musketballs I've found this is a first...must be somewhat rare!

 

[The Patriot]

great finds there romeo…out of my thousands of musket balls I don't have any….maybe one day!

 

[pepperj]

That's a cool looking ball, never seen one before either.

 

[ironhorse]

great finds there romeo…out of my thousands of musket balls I don't have any….maybe one day!

I'll show you a spot!
I know the one IP mentioned, but I've found a couple in another area not far away, other than that those suckers are elusive

 

[hoser]

Very cool finds for sure. Never saw a ball like that. How did they fire something that had a band on it? Pardon my ignorance as I have not dug many relics like that.

 

[romeo-1]

Very cool finds for sure. Never saw a ball like that. How did they fire something that had a band on it? Pardon my ignorance as I have not dug many relics like that.

Here you go...

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunswick_rifle

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

I haven't seen a ball like that either. I may not have 1000's, but certainly a few hundred.

The rock is interesting too, does the magnet stick to it as strongly as it would to a piece of steel / iron or somewhat less than? I think you have a chance there. You know where to take it to find out for sure.

 

[The Patriot]

I'll take you up on that...always nice to add something you don't have to your collection...heard of the rifle before but have not seen the ammo before...

I'll show you a spot!
I know the one IP mentioned, but I've found a couple in another area not far away, other than that those suckers are elusive

 

[Iron Patch]

I'll take you up on that...always nice to add something you don't have to your collection...heard of the rifle before but have not seen the ammo before...

I think it's fairly sandy shore there so there would be some deep ones still around. Probably didn't spend any more than 45 minutes and that was probaly 12 years ago.

 

[CRUSADER]

Out of the 1000s of musketballs I've found this is a first...must be somewhat rare!

Belted lead rifle ball, for Brunswick rifle, 1837-1850 (c) | Online Collection | National Army Museum, London
Its for the Brunswick Rifle & I only have 2!

PS. didn't read the full post, so didn't see your ID.