Fired round ball?

[kimonswanson643]

I found this at a very old homestead. It's got a white patina like a fired bullet. However it is not round that might be because it was fired. One side of it is flat while the other side has a rounded edge. Any idea of age or if it is indeed a round ball

 

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[kimonswanson643]

 

[duggap]

From you description it sounds like you have a fired round ball. Would it be possible for you to give us a picture and maybe some measurements.

 

[Red James Cash]

It doesnt have to have been fired to have oxidation on it.Without a picture nobody will have a clue.

 

[Red James Cash]

Looks more like a button than a bullet.

 

[kimonswanson643]

Sorry I forgot the pictures but they should be the first comment and it is a little less than an inch flattened. I also know that it can get the patina with out it being fired sorry I just worded it funny.

 

[Red James Cash]

The top picture on the left shows a design,the flat part has a hole in it most likely for an eye to be used to sew it to cloth.In my opinion its a button,most likely pewter.

 

[scavanau]

My first thought was shotgun slug.

 

[relic nut]

Looks more like a button than a bullet.

I agree that it looks like a button. Sometimes soldiers would make buttons out of bullets or maybe he was just carving on it. Cool find