Is this what I think it is???

[thedukeofdelaware]

About 1 cm in diameter. Dense..is it a musket ball and if so, how old? Thanks!

 

[smokeythecat]

Looks like a musket ball. Were used from 1500's to the present. Reenactors still use them. Try putting a set of calipers on them. To tell the age, you're going to have to research what kind of site it came from. Nice going.

 

[thedukeofdelaware]

I know George and the continental army camped there!

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

1cm is too small for a musket. Could be a rifle or pistol.

 

[HAPPYCAMPER]

If you found it this clean I would lean more towards shotgun buckshot for deer hunting..very close to that size.

 

[sutphin]

FEEESHING WEIGHT

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Comparing it with the nearby tape-measure, that lead ball appears to be about the right size (.370-to-.380-inch) to be a "cap-&-ball" .36 revolver pistol-ball... but in the first photo it seems to be out-of-round. If it really is out-of-round (slightly egg-shaped), it is not a pistol-ball.

According to te educational chart below, the largest Buckshot ball measures .36-inch. Check this ball's diameter with a Digital Caliper. If it is larger than .36, it is not a buckshot.

 

[scruggs]

Nice find!

 

[CRUSADER]

1cm is too small for a musket. Could be a rifle or pistol.

 

[cudamark]

FEEESHING WEIGHT

I agree, it looks like a split shot fishing weight.

 

[Ammoman]

Yep...i vote fishing weight all the way.