Bullet ID HELP. Found in Ohio.

[Noah_D]

Alrighty... the site I was hunting used to be a vineyard. Showed up on a map from the 1870s but not on any other maps (the map from before this one was 1850s and next one was early 1900s). There is a house in the area built in 1920 where I have found coins ranging from 1882 to modern clad. I was swinging up and down the rows of the old vineyards and found a few muzzleloader bullets and some slugs which were most likely shot by my grandfather (he is the property owner) pretty recently. The bullet I need help with was the very first hole I dug and somewhat resembles a bullet from the civil war (I know nothing about bullets, I just know that the first thing I thought of when I saw it was that it looked similar to the bullets some folks find down in civil war battle fields). I am not near any battlefields or camps but I thought it might still be from around that time. Anyway, I don't think it is that old but theres always a chance and I would not want to miss out by just assuming it is another modern bullet.

Thanks all.

 

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[ThatDixieGuy]

Looks like a 45-70 to me?...Indian Wars time period. I've seen them with that concave base & solid as well.
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/indian-war-dug-45-70-relic-a35-422958222

 

[XLV]

the US army used the springfield 1873 trapdoor in the Indian wars which was 45-70 weigh the bullet see if it matches the weight of what listed on line

 

[Noah_D]

Thanks for the response ThatDixieGuy and XLV! I am still not 100% sure, but it would be pretty neat to find that it is somewhat old.

 

[XLV]

weight 405 grains 1873 .... they added a 500 gr in 1879 so its probably one or the other... only a scale will tell ....I still have a marlin 1895 IN 45-70 I think its the best for hunting up to 200 yards ....

 

[XLV]

My load was a custom mold hand cast hard lead bullet 600 gr and IMR 4198 powder hot load i forget the grains ....speed 1500 fps....I called it the last dinosaur load

 

[A2coins]

Interesting find for sure hope you get a solid Id