Found a couple firsts today, CW 3 ringer, need help with ID!

[justanotherpulltab]

Went out today at an old school built in 1929. First signal...junk! Second signal a 1951 D washington silver quarter. A few signals later i dug a "what the (*^*(&%". I cut the plug and looked in the hole and saw a 3 ringer bullet in the bottom of it. What in the world is it doing there? See im in east Indiana. Now i think it is one but i need help to be sure, so if you can help id it I would love it. I think its the real deal but dont know for sure. Thanks again.
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[allen]

Re: Found a couple firsts today, and need help with one!

silver and a CW relic, that makes
for a great day of detecting !!

 

[treasurehound]

I cut the plug and looked in the hole and saw a 3 ringer bullet in the buttom of it. What in the world is it doing there? .

Well you don't have listed where you are from so I am going to guess. If you live around civil war activity bullets were flying everywhere so you can find them anywhere. You can even find them around new buildings since the bullet has been there for 150 yrs. I have found them in schools, parks, yards, woods just to name a few places. A guy I was hunting with last weekend found a bullet and a button in a park we were hunting. It was a few blocks away from where a battle took place here in Knoxville. Congrats on your silver and bullet.

 

[justanotherpulltab]

I cut the plug and looked in the hole and saw a 3 ringer bullet in the buttom of it. What in the world is it doing there? .

Well you don't have listed where you are from so I am going to guess. If you live around civil war activity bullets were flying everywhere so you can find them anywhere. You can even find them around new buildings since the bullet has been there for 150 yrs. I have found them in schools, parks, yards, woods just to name a few places. A guy I was hunting with last weekend found a bullet and a button in a park we were hunting. It was a few blocks away from where a battle took place here in Knoxville. Congrats on your silver and bullet.

sorry it was found in east indiana

 

[rjs123]

Anywhere near Morgan's Raid: http://indianapublicmedia.org/momentofindianahistory/invasion-indiana-morgans-raid-battle-corydon/

 

[justanotherpulltab]

Anywhere near Morgan's Raid: http://indianapublicmedia.org/momentofindianahistory/invasion-indiana-morgans-raid-battle-corydon/

no im east central indiana, but thanks for the tip.

 

[WeaponsUSMC]

I've found a three ringer in Ohio, and a few other CW era bullets. I've also found CW buttons. I imagine the troops used the same kind of rifles for hunting after the war. Earlier this year, a buddy of mine's little boy was all excited to show me a small shadow box with two CW bullets in it, one from each side. A few hours later I dug the three ringer in his field.

 

[fishbone3d]

I live in the Vigo county area, and have found CW bullets, buttons, and pieces of old guns. A lot of the soldiers would bring their guns home after the war, and use them. Heck, I have found musket balls here also! They are here, but more scarce. In the South, you get them in the mail with free samples of Tide. Happy Hunting, my fellow Hoosier!

 

[VOL1266-X]

I live in the Vigo county area, and have found CW bullets, buttons, and pieces of old guns. A lot of the soldiers would bring their guns home after the war, and use them. Heck, I have found musket balls here also! They are here, but more scarce. In the South, you get them in the mail with free samples of Tide. Happy Hunting, my fellow Hoosier!

Nice finds and I agree with Fishbone. CW Soldiers brought their Springfields home with them along with the ammo after the war. The CW ammo was way too large caliber for small game or any game that existed in Indiana at that time so they probably discarded those bullets or let theior kids play with them. HH, Quindy.

 

[littlebill31]

Yep, these weapons were used for many, many years after the war. The mini ball was devistating design. It turned the smooth bore .58 caliber rifles into a longer range, more accurite tool. Add them to Napolionic tactics and there you have the carnage that the war produced. Close range and toe to toe. The tactics were extremely primitive for the new weapons. Many weapons were lost, then found, sold, traded, or reused. The mini is still produced and, I believe, has been produced since it's inception by some manufacturer or another. If you used that weapon then you needed ammo. And usually you would have a bullet mold as well.

Nice finds!

 

[aquachigger]

Nice finds! I'm not a bullet expert, but that looks a little like a Spencer carbine bullet to me. Is the base flat and solid?

 

[sekypaleo]

There were many small Civil War training camps located all through the northern states, I have researched about 8 around the Cincinnati area. Could be you are on top of or close to one...keep hunting.

 

[HISPAN]

nice coin...congrats!
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[justanotherpulltab]

Nice finds! I'm not a bullet expert, but that looks a little like a Spencer carbine bullet to me. Is the base flat and solid?

the base is flat with a divit in bottom.

 

[aquachigger]

Nice finds! I'm not a bullet expert, but that looks a little like a Spencer carbine bullet to me. Is the base flat and solid?

the base is flat with a divit in bottom.

Sounds like a breech loading round to me. Doesn't mean it isn't Civil War era though. A minie (muzzle loading) will have a hollowed out base base by definition. Breech loaders were used more often by the Cavalry. Indiana supplied a lot of Cavalry soldiers in the Civil War. sweet find!

 

[justanotherpulltab]

Nice finds! I'm not a bullet expert, but that looks a little like a Spencer carbine bullet to me. Is the base flat and solid?

the base is flat with a divit in bottom.

Sounds like a breech loading round to me. Doesn't mean it isn't Civil War era though. A minie (muzzle loading) will have a hollowed out base base by definition. Breech loaders were used more often by the Cavalry. Indiana supplied a lot of Cavalry soldiers in the Civil War. sweet find!

thanks alot you guys are very helpfull!!