Musket ball?

Garabaldi · Dec 27, 2009

Interesting shape of musket ball. It is oval shaped. Each end has the same oval point. Does not look like it has been shot. Any ideas?

vayank54 · Dec 27, 2009

It looks like it's a fired round ball or possibly a lead ball from an artillery shell or ball.

Garabaldi · Dec 27, 2009

vayank54 said:
It looks like it's a fired round ball or possibly a lead ball from an artillery shell or ball.

If it were a fired round ball it should have a flat edge or still round. There are no flat edges. Could it be a piece of lead made for some kind of colonial game piece? Ive never seem a round ball with two coned ends. Musket bullets have a coned end, but would they have made them with two coned ends?

bradyboy · Dec 27, 2009

seems a bit chewed up and out of round for a ball
maybe some slag?
is it lead?
Brady

Garabaldi · Dec 27, 2009

yes its lead.

Breezie · Dec 27, 2009

It looks like the one I have in one of my display cases, which is a .75 Canister Iron Ball. Does it attract a magnet? Breezie

Garabaldi · Dec 27, 2009

not attracted by magnet Breezie. Does yours have a flat end? Mine is in the shape of a football. No flat end on mine. $:-\$ Its the same size color and weight of the musket or round balls that I have found in the same area, but with two coned ends. :dontknow:

Breezie · Dec 27, 2009

Garabaldi said:
not attracted by magnet Breezie. Does yours have a flat end? Mine is in the shape of a football. No flat end on mine. $:-\$ Its the same size color and weight of the musket or round balls that I have found in the same area, but with two coned ends.

Okay, so yours is not an iron ball. One side of mine is slightly flat. I think your is probably a round ball. Cool find! Breezie

Garabaldi · Dec 27, 2009

Thanks Breezie. :icon_thumleft:

Happy holidays by the way and thanks for all your help this year. :notworthy:

Breezie · Dec 28, 2009

You're welcome, and I enjoyed every minute of it. Thank YOU for putting up such interesting finds. :thumbsup:

vayank54 · Dec 28, 2009

From the pics it looks like it's .69 caliber. I've seen roundballs fired and unfired in all kinds of odd shapes for different reasons. From the pics I would say it's a fired .69 ball. If you dug it in an area where there were cannon ball or shell fragments. I would say it more than likely was from one of them.