is this cw?

[tabasco]

new to detecting and have been researching a cw skirmish. Have tried to find site for days. Lots of modern bullets but today found some lead that may indicate i'm near? the three small balls were all found together and the other two pieces were seperate. Is this a fired cw bullet?
thanks for any help.
Tom

 

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[smokeythecat]

It looks like a fired and "mushroomed" minie ball from the Civil War!

 

[ncsuwolf]

Are there any rings on the sides? I can’t see any in the pic. If not I’d say it’s an enfield…..which very likely to be csa.

Don’t know sizes of the small balls, resemble buckshot. 3 in one spot could indicate a buck and ball load, but I’m not good enough to confirm if they were from 1863 or 2023. One note….the patina on the buckshot (if it is buckshot) isn’t as white as the conical bullet. That can indicate a different/later lead alloy. However the conditions where they were found also impact patina.

 

[Fredneck]

Your on it !! Does look like an Enfield,

 

[tabasco]

thanks so much. went back out today. lots of modern bullets and some weird things. one bullet looks same age but is smaller than the first but does have rings/grooves. also a brass/bronze thing with a cable attachmt-no idea what it is and a round plate like metal that is heavy but barely magnetic. (?top of oil filter?). any ideas? thanks

 

[ncsuwolf]

thanks so much. went back out today. lots of modern bullets and some weird things. one bullet looks same age but is smaller than the first but does have rings/grooves. also a brass/bronze thing with a cable attachmt-no idea what it is and a round plate like metal that is heavy but barely magnetic. (?top of oil filter?). any ideas? thanks
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Can you provide better pics of the brown bullet at 9:00 and the white bullet in the center?

 

[tabasco]

think this is the ones u want.

 

[ncsuwolf]

Thank you. What’s the dia of the brown bullets base?

 

[tabasco]

0.36 inches

 

[ncsuwolf]

0.36 inches

Could be a lot of things, but a Minnie ball it is not. Assuming an older, post cw, 38 pistol bullet. Long colt or later

 

[tabasco]

thanks, i appreciate your help