✅ SOLVED Small Lead Apple?

[Older The Better]

I Found this under a rock overhang high on some bluffs i know Indians camped and cooked there, lots of flint burned bone and mussel shells as well as stone tools... but it has drawn others because i find .22 cases but nothing else modern.. its on private land so its not like its a party spot just the occasional visitor... i doubt its a fired bullet because the mold seam splits the base perfectly but it is made of lead or pewter i don't really know because i was sifting not detecting. its about the size of a .45 musketball... don't know what to think of it. any help?

 

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[fyrffytr1]

Maybe an old fishing sinker?

 

[vhs07]

I don't know how the soil reacts with the lead in your area, but here in south Texas lead in that condition would be fairly new.

 

[Gambrinus]

It does look like the tip of a semi-wad cutter bullet.

 

[Older The Better]

all good ideas, as far as the soil goes this overhang is just under the top of a prob 30-40 foot bluff and the "soil" is very fine, very dry dust, and 95% weathered limestone crumbling off from overhead so looks may or may not be deceiving. also i forgot to mention along with the .22's ive found 4 square nails so at the least an old board ended up down there, maybe used in one of the camp fires. what time period would a wad cutter bullet come from? same as the square nails 1820-1900 ish? fishing sinker certainly very possible but it is kind of an odd location to take your gear but it is within a quarter mile of the river and closer in the past

 

[Gambrinus]

If that is a semi-wad cutter bullet, that type design was first made by Elmer Keith [the creator of the .357 magnum] so around 1930s or later.

 

[DCMatt]

Bell clapper for livestock?

 

[A2coins]

Indian nose ring

 

[Older The Better]

well looks like it was an Indian multi tool worn as a nose ring until they needed a fishing weight or to fire their gun from the future it also rang a small bell so they could find each other in the tall grass... part of the fun of this stuff is sometimes its ok to make up a story i seriously doubt anybody is going to call me out. good work guys