Musket Ball?

[C3plants]

Can anyone confirm or deny if this is a musket ball? It's definitely lead and was found in a place old enough to hold such things. Thanks!

 

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[Mason Jarr]

Can anyone confirm or deny if this is a musket ball? It's definitely lead and was found in a place old enough to hold such things. Thanks!
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I'd say that it is and likely a .69 caliber. I laid one of mine next to a penny and its about the same size as yours. There also appears to be a sprue mark from the mold.

 

[C3plants]

I'd say that it is and likely a .69 caliber. I laid one of mine next to a penny and its about the same size as yours. There also appears to be a sprue mark from the mold.

Thanks. I know nothing about musketballs as far as the date ranges they were used or if there is a way to estimate the date of a musketball. I'm near an area that was rumored to be a Tory stash spot during the revolutionary war. So not sure if it would even fall into that time frame.

 

[Mason Jarr]

Thanks. I know nothing about musketballs as far as the date ranges they were used or if there is a way to estimate the date of a musketball. I'm near an area that was rumored to be a Tory stash spot during the revolutionary war. So not sure if it would even fall into that time frame.

Muzzle loaders were pretty much used from colonial era to late 1800s.

 

[l.cutler]

An accurate measurement will give you the caliber, a British Revolutionary ball would be around .72 inches.

 

[C3plants]

An accurate measurement will give you the caliber, a British Revolutionary ball would be around .72 inches.

Thanks! I'll check it out.

 

[Fredneck]

With the flake, the patina, and crudeness it looks more like a pewter musket ball circa Rev War. Either, crudeness still puts it in that time frame.

 

[Almy]

.69" is the standard British Brown Bess musket ball diameter. You can check out the dates the Brown Bess was used. It was the standard weapon of the army for many years and lots likely got put into civilian use.

 

[C3plants]

With the flake, the patina, and crudeness it looks more like a pewter musket ball circa Rev War. Either, crudeness still puts it in that time frame.

Awesome! Thanks!