NJ shore musket ball?

[MD2013]

Hi, was at our shore house in Belmar, NJ yesterday for Mother's Day and searched the beach for a little while since there finally letting people on it again. Found something besides change for once, looks like maybe a musket ball? It's 8.8mm and 4grams.



Thanks,
Marc

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Sounds kinda small for a musket ball, I'd say some type of older buck shot maybe ? Not sure what the pro's call them...
Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[relicmeister]

Nice find, Musket or not. Still old if not musket ball and worth saving

 

[MD2013]

Thanks guys. Yeah wasn't sure what it would be considered, found this link that said, "Gunshot is defined as those pieces of shot ranging between 3-7mm in diameter, while musket balls are 8mm and up." So I went with Musket ball

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...-iryh_caqvzrkr_8ma3IaEA&bvm=bv.46340616,d.dmQ

 

[Erving]

It might be a musket, or pistol ball. If you could convert the diameter to decimals, someone might be able to tell you what caliper ball it is.

 

[l.cutler]

Way too small to be a musketball, most likely a 36 caliber. Could be rifle or pistol, no way to tell which but rifles were much more common than pistols in early america.