More Civil War finds including a mini ball

[Poptopagain]

Went back for a quick hunt today and came up with a brass item, some more lead, and a wonderful mini ball. Happy Hunting.

 

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[MonkeyBoy]

Went back for a quick hunt today and came up with a brass item, some more lead, and a wonderful mini ball. Happy Hunting.

The brass piece is off a saddle.. nice digs!

MB

 

[The Patriot]

Great hunt there... will look nice displayed...

 

[rjw4law]

Can't make out what the iron thing is nice.

 

[RiverRat3]

Nice finds, my phone must not be working. lol

 

[Elliott Ness]

Keep em coming Mike.

 

[Poptopagain]

Can't make out what the iron thing is nice.

It is a iron ball a little larger than a golf ball. I assuming that they put several of these into the cannon and fire them for anti-personnel. Kind of like cannon buckshot.

 

[ivan salis]

the brass item could be from a rifle --

 

[allen]

good going on those relics !!!

 

[crashbro17x]

The brass item is off of a saddle. I have several of them, and seen several of them on complete saddles. Howard Crouch's book has them labeled as a "saddle guard", if I remember correctly.

Sweet diggin!

 

[Kieth-Tx]

Nice digs! I have found lots of cool things over the years but the one I'm looking for is a cannonball....maybe today is the day!

 

[bigtim1973]

That minnie ball looks like a sharps...........I love finding those things.........Keep going back to that place and keep looking!!! Way to go, Tim

 

[rebeljim52]

could be right about iron ball.had cannon ball years ago but got lost some where along the way.
great finds

 

[vayank54]

Cool finds. Several people are right on. the brass piece is to a saddle and was held onto the wooden tree by 2 small brass screws. the bullets is a sharps carbine and the iron ball is a canister shot from a cannon. I think they fired like 16 at a time or so unless it was a double charge then it would be 32. But like you said it would be like a shot gun. I'd hate to have those thing flying at me.

 

[Aquila]

Nice relics!