1/2 inch round ball

[gman7665]

Just wondering if anyone could tell Me anything about this ? I dug it last Summer here in New York. "Cal./Age" ? exc. Thanks ...I'm a rookie at all this but love the History .

 

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[TheCannonballGuy]

To correctly identify your lead ball, we need for you to buy or borrow a Digital Caliper, which measures in hundredths-of-an-inch. Even .02-inch can affect the ID of a bullet. See photos below.

You say your lead ball is 1/2-inch in diameter. The closest "firearms ball" match-ups are a Colonial-Era .50-caliber rifle ball, whose diameter is about .48-inch... and .54-caliber (actual diameter .525-to-.534") balls for 1840s Mississippi Rifles or Hall Rifles or Jenks Carbines.

But, if your lead ball measures a size (let's say, .545-inch) that isn't correct for any known musket or rifle or pistol, it is not a firearms-ball.

 

[gman7665]

O.K. Thank You , I will invest as I feel like I am going to score more this year... We live in Colonial era on up parts of New York state . I've been searching some Early settler camps along Our river here. A Friend of mine C.J. R.I.P.' found a brass Cannon that was confiscated by the Government about 20 years ago. My rule has a 100th on it and it looks like it would match up with the .525 mark. Thank You for You Help...