My first confederate relics!

pcc · Dec 18, 2015

I got a couple of finds today that have me excited. A small bullet that I'm can't seem to find out what kind it is, but I know the area where it comes from was definitely confederate. And a soldier made nipple protector. I also found some round shot, a pulled 58, some rivets and a percussion cap, The other bullets I'm not sure are period correct but a couple are drops so hey haven't been fired but there was no brass with them. I need to hurry and get a book to start identifying what I find any suggestions?

mirage83 · Dec 18, 2015

Well, in addition to the nice CW-era finds you dug you also have 6 post-CW .38 caliber (probably) semi-wadcutters (one well mushroomed) and what might be a .22 rimfire round.

tennessee · Dec 18, 2015

Great saves. Hope this area is a large one and gives you years and years of excitement. Yes, definately buy a few good relic books.

bearbqd · Dec 18, 2015

Definitely a few good finds, but nothing definitively confederate there.

smokeythecat · Dec 18, 2015

Nice finds. The darker bullets are modern. The brass pieces and others Civil War.

pcc · Dec 18, 2015

Thanks everybody. Does anyone know what the small bullet may be? I've been trying to find out what it is but not having any luck. I've never seen one like it.

fyrffytr1 · Dec 18, 2015

The small "bullet" looks like a fishing sinker to me. You need to post a picture of the pointed end as well as accurate measurements to get a proper ID.

pcc · Dec 19, 2015

fyrffytr1 said:
The small "bullet" looks like a fishing sinker to me. You need to post a picture of the pointed end as well as accurate measurements to get a proper ID.

Pretty sure it's not a sinker although it does look like one. There is no hole through it and the area where it was found isn't a camp and there is nowhere close to fish. It measures
11.5mm x 11.5mm and weighs 7.7 grams. Here's a couple of more pics.

CRUSADER · Dec 19, 2015

pcc said:
Pretty sure it's not a sinker although it does look like one. There is no hole through it and the area where it was found isn't a camp and there is nowhere close to fish. It measures
11.5mm x 11.5mm and weighs 7.7 grams. Here's a couple of more pics.

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Don't think its a bullet, unless it was re-shaped. Homemade poker chip / gaming piece or weight.

JBnNC · Dec 19, 2015

Congrats on the finds. One very good book is titled Civil War Projectiles II Small Arms and Field Artillery by W. Reid McKee & M. E. Mason, Jr. . .....shows photos of bullets along with dia.,lgth., wgt., cal., and in most cases union or confed.
Also has a great section on shells and fuses. I just identified a fuse adapter by an exact photo that I really wasn't sure about because it had no threads for screwing into a shell.....found it on page 152 #51...you'll use this book a lot.