Detector mom
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🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Musket ball? of what date?
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Are you sure this is lead? It looks more like iron in your picture. Old lead usually has a whitish patina. Does it stick to a magnet?
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Charlie P. (NY)
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Agree it does not look like lead.
Too small for a musket. Possibly rifle or pistol.
Lead balls(if that is what it is) are hard to date. A sphere has few defining characteristics. I still cast them and shoot them as do thousands of folks using blackpowder firearms.
Too small for a musket. Possibly rifle or pistol.
Lead balls(if that is what it is) are hard to date. A sphere has few defining characteristics. I still cast them and shoot them as do thousands of folks using blackpowder firearms.
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