Civil War bullets from Estate Sale

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I posted a different set of pics in the Civil War forum, didn't get much of a response. I'm not complaining, just saying I didn't crosspost the same pics there and here. . .

There was a 2 weekend mega estate sale of a treasure hunter just a little north of me. The first Saturday morning I got there just after the 8am start time and waited in line for an hour to get inside. We losers in the line gawked at all the stuff the first group brought out. When I was only about 10th from the door a guy came out with a metal detector (it wasn't mentioned in the ad). He was moving too fast for me to see the brand.
by the time I got in everything that I wanted in the pictures was gone, but there was plenty to root through. Sitting right at the front table was a cigar box full of civil war bullets, no price tag. I asked how much and the nice lady asked how many did I want. "All of them." I said, "$50" was the reply. So I bought them.
I also ended up with:

An 1861 patriotic civil war envelope "Sumter first, peace after." with Lady Liberty tromping on a Confederate flag for $1.

A professional rock tumbler (older but works) for $30.

A mega heavy-duty home-made wet sand scoop and floating sieve for water detecting - $8
And a few other odds and ends for the kitchen. Total investment: $110.
Here are the bullets, there are about 300 total.

To be fair, the timeline was compressed. I went the first saturday and both days the 2nd weekend. All the best stuff came out of the attic the 2nd week.

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Nice bunch of lead. I would have jumped on that. What kind of tumbler... Lortone? That envelope is a great find too. This be it?----

 

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Yup, it is a Lortone 45C.
That envelope is real close. Where yours says "Copyright Secured", mine says "Entered according to
Act of Congress, in the year 1861, by ___________ &_____________ in the Clerk's office of the Southern District of Ohio."

I think the Grant & Pittman on your envelope is the Blank & Blank on mine. They may have been afraid to put their name on it for a while, in case the Confederacy won. There's another version in red only that has the lyrics to "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" on it. I'd like to think mine is first, but I don't know.