War between the States relics for sale....

[EagleEye1]

I attended a very cool reenactment here in Florida and purchased this. I used to think these were frauds like the "glass looking" arrowheads in gift shops etc.

BUT, after seeing the endless finds on here, I question if real or not. So for $20, I was like screw it, cool piece either way to display. Back in the early 90's as a kid I got a relic collection thing with some various items in the case and back then I wouldn't be surprised if was real as you probably could just metal detect the park back then lol.

Anyway, my question is, REAL? And has anyone heard of the certificate of authenticity etc? I can't find much info on the COA "authority" or who issues these etc.

Thanks for any info, as I have come to realize I will never find anything here in Florida between the endless "pro-rust away" laws and lack of activity in my area anyway, ugh!

 

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[villagenut]

I dont know who would need to COA a fired Minie ball......Perhaps certifying that it came from a certain campaign maybe. No reason to doubt what it is though...

 

[dognose]

Is it an authentic Civil War era bullet? Most likely.

Does the guarantee state that this bullet was found on the The Battle of the Wilderness battle site? This was fought May 5—7, 1864.

I have a few buddies in the south that have found many civil war bullets and virtually all of their bullets they had found were misshaped from being fired. I think the dropped bullets which are NOT misshaped may be scarcer but not rare. I may be wrong about that, its just a gut feel based on my experiences, which are limited.

I am sure there are many on the forum who have more first hand experience who will chime in.

 

[pepperj]

Kind of a cool purchase.

 

[smokeythecat]

I'd say the bullet is 100% authentic. COA's are really worth the powder to blow them to ... Anyway, unless you have a note whatever signed by one of the "biggies" in whichever collecting community you are working with, forget coa's. They really don't anything to the value.

 

[EagleEye1]

Thank you everyone for the replies! I feel better about it being more likely an authentic relic. One last question that I always get mixed up to which I could google, but mixed results there too. 3 rings were Union, but often used by Confederates as well if I am not mistaken or was it the other way around?? And what caliber are those and the general rifle that would have fired it?

 

[fyrffytr1]

Two ring, three ring bullets were used by both sides. Most common calibers were .54,.58 and .69. But there were several other calibers in use during the conflict. In the beginning most guns were smoothbore but the invention of the rifled musket increased accuracy. Then the carbine came along with metallic cartridges. This is the Readers Digest condensed version. I am sure folks here can and hopefully will add to this.
By the way, out of curiosity, what part of Florida are you in?

 

[EagleEye1]

Two ring, three ring bullets were used by both sides. Most common calibers were .54,.58 and .69. But there were several other calibers in use during the conflict. In the beginning most guns were smoothbore but the invention of the rifled musket increased accuracy. Then the carbine came along with metallic cartridges. This is the Readers Digest condensed version. I am sure folks here can and hopefully will add to this.
By the way, out of curiosity, what part of Florida are you in?

Awesome, thank you for the info/reply. I am in Central Florida between Orlando and Sanford basically.