2 bullets, 1 should be easy

[fyrffytr1]

Any idea on these bullets? First is a 36 cal two ringer with solid base and the second is about 50 cal three ringer, also a solid base. As you can see it has been hit by the plow or it hit something very hard. It is so distorted that I am guessing at the caliber and length.

 

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[TheCannonballGuy]

Both of your bullets have been fired, showing rifling-effect on their body grooves, which makes definite identification difficult. Bullet #1 appears to be a .36 Hayes ...a British-made bullet for .36 revolvers. The closest match I can find in my various books on civil war bullets for your bullet #2 is a .44 Ballard, which like your bullet is a metal-cartridge bullet.

By the way, your bullet #2 doesn't actually have 3 grooves. The lower one is just a "rebate," for where it fit into a metal cartridge-casing.