Cival war era bullet Mold?

[Woodland Detectors]

I would just like to know a little bit about this one we dug in TN. Yesterday. It is in great shape and still opens and closes with ease. I'm pretty sure it's from the Civil war era. Thanks!

 

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[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: Cival war Mold?

It might be 160 grain but not sure.

 

[traderoftreasures]

Re: Cival war Mold?

It might be 160 grain but not sure.

that would of been my first guess, as you all know i like to guess lots first.

 

[BamaBill]

Re: Cival war Mold?

That's a pistol ball mold. Did you find it lying next to some other metal? For it to be that good a shape it had to have had something protecting it or acting as an in-ground electrolytic process. Or, it could have been in a pouch that eventually rotted away. That is one sweet find and extremely rare to find in that condition.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Re: Cival war Mold?

Yep. Looks like a pistol ball mold to me. Great ID on a great find.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Re: Cival war Mold?

Yes, it was with scrap metal

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Here is one that I found that was IDed as CW era. Mine is .30 something caliber pistol round ball. Yours looks to be pistol also. Can you measure the diameter?

 

[l.cutler]

Muzzleloader calibers were often measured in " balls to the pound". This may be 160 to the pound which I believe would be around .32 caliber, you could measure it to see.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Muzzleloader calibers were often measured in " balls to the pound". This may be 160 to the pound which I believe would be around .32 caliber, you could measure it to see.

I think you got it. http://books.google.com/books?id=Dz...=2#v=onepage&q=" balls to the pound".&f=false

http://members.aye.net/~bspen/math.html

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Awesome. great ID guys