Musket Ball

[SilverCoinHound]

Silverless and sad in 2026, but found what appears to be a musket ball. Found in Northern NJ.

 

[SilverCoinHound]

Just searched the forums, didn't realize how common these are, looks like many hundreds or more found and posted here.

 

[villagenut]

Still a good find, always a welcome site in the hole.

 

[ncsuwolf]

That’s a big one….based on the quarter behind it id say .75” or so. If so, it’s old. Any way to get a weight in grains?

 

[Almy]

I enjoy finding musket balls. The ones I find are in mainly areas that have seen no or little military activity but settlers have often been retired military from the Revolutionary War and War of 1812. Most of the ones I have found are unfired. I can imagine how easy it would be to drop one when hunting or just loading your musket and how hard it would be to find it in the weeds and grass. There were millions, maybe billions of these made in factories and many were also cast by hunters and farmers.

 

[Gare]

yes it is a good find. Where it is dented could be where the shooter tamped it in the gun

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice old find.