Sundays Hunt - Colonial era .44 cal roundball?

[grafer]

Sunday's Hunt - Colonial era .44 cal roundball?

I'm just getting around to post Sunday's hunt because I was waiting for some of the relic folks in the "What is it?" area to help ID the lead ball I found. It appears that it is probably a Civil War era .44 caliber roundball and was probably for a pistol.

Also found $5.30 in clad, half a toy motorcycle engine, and other some miscellaneous items ..

Thanks for looking ....

 

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[Roger Mn.]

Re: Sunday's Hunt - CW era .44 cal roundball

Nice finds. More than i found today.

 

[goldencoin]

Re: Sunday's Hunt - CW era .44 cal roundball

neat finds

HH
-GC

 

[BuckleBoy]

Re: Sunday's Hunt - CW era .44 cal roundball

Was it a CW campsite, battle or skirmish site, picket post, or road?

I don't want my reply to come off in any way as mean--it is certainly not intended that way!

You see, round lead is tough. Small cal. musket balls are so similar to small cal. pistol balls from just about Any Era. So when I go on a CW hunt looking for a site--and all I find is round lead (unless it's .69 cal perhaps...but even then...)--there is no proof that I've found the site.

So maybe I'm playing devil's advocate here, but I've dug a Lot of round lead that wasn't CW from housesites, farms, parks, you name it. Get in there and find a minieball or two, and then stick that .44 in the case with 'em.


Regards,


Buckleboy

 

[grafer]

Re: Sunday's Hunt - CW era .44 cal roundball

Was it a CW campsite, battle or skirmish site, picket post, or road?

I don't want my reply to come off in any way as mean--it is certainly not intended that way!

You see, round lead is tough. Small cal. musket balls are so similar to small cal. pistol balls from just about Any Era. So when I go on a CW hunt looking for a site--and all I find is round lead (unless it's .69 cal perhaps...but even then...)--there is no proof that I've found the site.

So maybe I'm playing devil's advocate here, but I've dug a Lot of round lead that wasn't CW from housesites, farms, parks, you name it. Get in there and find a minieball or two, and then stick that .44 in the case with 'em.


Regards,


Buckleboy

Buckleboy, I have found this 3 ringer in a park near me here in Ohio

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Similarly this round ball was found in a park. As I am a novice (especially with regards to these type of items) I was relying on what I was told it was. I appreciate you sharing your insight and experience as to how common they may be and how difficult they can be to identify. Thanks for the post.

 

[mastereagle22]

Re: Sunday's Hunt - CW era .44 cal roundball?

Zipper Pull!!!!!!

 

[BuckleBoy]

Re: Sunday's Hunt - CW era .44 cal roundball?

The minie looks like a .69cal one. Were both bullets from the same park?


-Buckleboy

 

[grafer]

Re: Sunday's Hunt - CW era .44 cal roundball?

The minie looks like a .69cal one. Were both bullets from the same park?


-Buckleboy

No, not the same park. But both parks were in the same City, and about two miles apart (just NE of Columbus). The minie was in a big soccer complex on the sideline, mid-field, of one of the fields. The roundball was on the border edge of a volleyball pit that was just re-edged (so I'm guessing it jarred it loose, but that's just a guess). Kind of perplexing because as far as I know there wasn't a lot of war activity here in Ohio. From what I've read so far there were some troops here, but no real action. Just one or two minor skirmishes.

 

[MonkeyBoy]

Re: Sunday's Hunt - CW era .44 cal roundball?

Without having the context of being found with other CW related items.. but it is a musket ball.. and could be a lot earlier.. so still a good dig!! I have a mason jar of just round balls... random finds in yards.. old house sites fields etc.... If you thin about it.. you had guys out hunting for 150+ years before the CW with round balls.. they had to drop a few!!! I usually include them more with the colonial stuff then CW unless they I dig them in a know camp or mixed with other CW items... is it .44?? looks a little bigger??

MonkeyBoy

 

[grafer]

Re: Sunday's Hunt - CW era .44 cal roundball?

Without having the context of being found with other CW related items.. but it is a musket ball.. and could be a lot earlier.. so still a good dig!! I have a mason jar of just round balls... random finds in yards.. old house sites fields etc.... If you thin about it.. you had guys out hunting for 150+ years before the CW with round balls.. they had to drop a few!!! I usually include them more with the colonial stuff then CW unless they I dig them in a know camp or mixed with other CW items... is it .44?? looks a little bigger??

MonkeyBoy

Probably categorizing as "colonial" instead of "CW" makes more sense since there were no other CW artifacts around, it was not a known site, and it would span a broader time period. Was told it was .44 cal, but I don't know. I'm definitely not familiar with all the varieties. What is the best way to tell? Good reference book and good measuring tools I imagine? I don't have precision instrumentation yet, like a caliper and digital scale. So I used the ruler and a mechanical food scale to get an approximation. Ballpark weight seems to be around 10grams, and if I had lined up my ruler in the picture better it looks as if it may be about 12-13mm diameter. But until I get better measuring equipment that's about the best I can do.

I appreciate all the feedback I have been getting on this post. It is becoming a great education! Thanks ..