Help Identify minie balls. Found a location where Stoneman passed through with a small skirmish with Home Guard. Also my first post! Woohoo

[xterra70tk]

 

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[Jose The Goon]

Congrats on your finds & first post. Welcome to the Forum ! I'm sure someone here can help ID your finds for you. Lots of knowledgible people here. Cheers !!

 

[xterra70tk]

Congrats on your finds & first post. Welcome to the Forum ! I'm sure someone here can help ID your finds for you. Lots of knowledgible people here. Cheers !!

Thanks for the newbie welcome!!! Since the bullets have been fired its hard to get exact measurements. Hopefully someone can identify.

 

[Fentonian]

To me, these appear to be more modern lead. #1 and #3 looks like a deer slug from a shotgun, #2 is a 50 cal round ball, #4 I am uncertain on.

 

[Georgivs]

Welcome to Tnet!

 

[river roamer]

Nice finds

 

[Digger RJ]

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Welcome to Tnet!!!

 

[xterra70tk]

To me, these appear to be more modern lead. #1 and #3 looks like a deer slug from a shotgun, #2 is a 50 cal round ball, #4 I am uncertain on.

Thanks for the information! I googled the slugs and found some very close to the ones I found.

 

[Jose The Goon]

Someone posted these Civil War bullet ID charts & I saved them for future reference.
Forgive me for forgetting the original poster. Good charts to save to picture files.
I don't think they cover everything, but they are a good start

 

[xterra70tk]

Someone posted these Civil War bullet ID charts & I saved them for future reference.
Forgive me for forgetting the original poster. Good charts to save to picture files.
I don't think they cover everything, but they are a good start
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Awesome! Thanks for the chart. Excellent reference.

 

[Almy]

The bullet on the left has crosshatching on it, suggesting that it is swaged, not cast, and thus likely factory made. It is pretty small for a shotgun (close to 28 ga size). The round ball could be for a muzzle loading rifle which were often near .50 caliber. I have seen the other examples of the one with the base ring and one thick one above it, I think for a particular rifle and perhaps from the civil war period. A search for the shape might allow you to ID it, or maybe someone here will recognize it. The one on the right is long compared to its diameter, suggesting it was for a rifle with fast twist rifling to stabilize it. There are not too many .43 rifle cartridges, so you might be able to ID it that way.

 

[xterra70tk]

The bullet on the left has crosshatching on it, suggesting that it is swaged, not cast, and thus likely factory made. It is pretty small for a shotgun (close to 28 ga size). The round ball could be for a muzzle loading rifle which were often near .50 caliber. I have seen the other examples of the one with the base ring and one thick one above it, I think for a particular rifle and perhaps from the civil war period. A search for the shape might allow you to ID it, or maybe someone here will recognize it. The one on the right is long compared to its diameter, suggesting it was for a rifle with fast twist rifling to stabilize it. There are not too many .43 rifle cartridges, so you might be able to ID it that way.

Thank you very much for the info. Glad you answered my question about the crosshatching. I have never seen one of those before.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

#2 appears to be the only potentially Pre-1900 projectile. Though that's what I still use for muzzleloading deer hunting locally (I use 0.530" & 0.648"). #1 & #3 are definately modern for blackpowder hunters post 1960ish and #4 appears to be a (Jacketed?) .44 Magnum bullet.

 

[xterra70tk]

#2 appears to be the only potentially Pre-1900 projectile. Though that's what I still use for muzzleloading deer hunting locally (I use 0.530" & 0.648"). #1 & #3 are definately modern for blackpowder hunters post 1960ish and #4 appears to be a (Jacketed?) .44 Magnum bullet.

Thanks!!!

 

[GeoW]

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#3 looks like a TC Maxi Ball.

 

[dirstscratcher]

Number four is a modern 44cal wad cutter bullet from a cartridge, and looks like it may be copper, or copper clad. All really old lead I've found usually has a heavy white oxidized patina.

 

[xterra70tk]

#3 looks like a TC Maxi Ball.

Thanks, the information here is wonderful. I looked at the so called shotgun slugs and I agree with the maxi. Only one that could be from ACW would be the round ball

 

[xterra70tk]

Number four is a modern 44cal wad cutter bullet from a cartridge, and looks like it may be copper, or copper clad. All really old lead I've found usually has a heavy white oxidized patina.

Thank you! Went to a wooded area where Stoneman`s men forged a river and story is small skirmish with home guard.
The area is littered with bullets most modern. i did mange to get the round ball and some i have never found before.