I know it is a bullet.

[Loco Raindrops]

Hey folks, hope all is well. I detect a lot but am primarily a coin/jewelry shooter.

I know nothing of bullets.

I found this bullet the other day and have no idea what it is. I've hunted for years but this is well above my paygrade.

It has a flat base.

It was found at a local area near me that has history all the way back to the 1700s.

I put a penny next to it for a size reference.

If any of you can tell me what I am looking at I would be very grateful.

Thanks in advance.

 

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Looks like a civil war era pistol bullet possibly .44 caliber and possibly a Colt variety.

 

[Loco Raindrops]

I was thinking it is .44 Bartholow maybe?
Again I have no clue about old bullets so.

There is a small center recess in the base.

 

[Wildcat1750]

My guess would be pistol bullet too, but I'm no expert either...

 

[Loco Raindrops]

Apparently the center punch mark on the base is a giveaway of the .44 Bartholow from what I've read.

I'm pretty certain that is what it is but again I am definitely not an old bullet expert by any stretch so.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

A .44 Bartholow bullet's nose is much longer than what's on this bullet. Your bullet is shown in the "Handbook of Civil War Bullets & Cartridges" as a US .44 Colt "New Model" bullet for .44 revolvers. See photo below.

For confirmation, check your bullet's length.
.44 Colt New-Model is .67" long
.44 Bartholow is .81" long.

 

[Loco Raindrops]

From my understanding the punch mark on the base is indicitive of the Bartholow round and not presemt on the Colt rounds.

Was this a trait of the Colt round as well?

I agree it definitely looks like the Colt rd but the small recess in the base threw me off.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Loco Raindrops wrote:
> From my understanding the punch mark on the base is indicative of the Bartholow round and not present on the Colt rounds.

Before seeing your bullet, I would have agreed with you. But now I have to say, seeing is believing. We know that Colt revolvers were the most popular handgun in America during and after the civil war. Although every definitely-civil-war Colt. 44 bullet I've previously seen was cast in a bulletmold, apparently a manufacturer of paper-cartridge Colt bullets (perhaps H.W. Mason) got around to making some "machine-pressed" bullets before metal cartridges superseded the rammer-loaded "loose" bullets.

 

[Loco Raindrops]

Interesting.

Thank you for that input. I really appreciate it tremendously.