Musket ball mold & Ladle

[sscindercoop]

Spent hours trying to find the other half, Gonna go back soon and give it another try. Thanks for looking HH

 

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[Silver Searcher]

COOL...is this from a CW site.

SS

 

[sscindercoop]

COOL...is this from a CW site.

SS

Thanks, Its from a colonial sight that was used until the 1850s, There have been Rev War relics found at the sight. HH

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

Now that's a cool find. If you can locate the other half you could make your own musket balls.
ZDD

 

[nsdq]

sweet mold any id on dia of bullets it made?

 

[CRUSADER]

That is a very special find & you are right to try for the other half!!!!

 

[Jeff H]

Really great find

 

[MrSchulz]

Both relics are... COOL!! Nice finds.

 

[Steve in PA]

A couple nice relics there Coop. I see a couple different calibers in that mold - what caliber balls would it have produced? If you are up in .50s and .60s you may have a military bullet mold.

 

[jerseyben]

Ok, now this is a nice find, congrats! Reminds me of Don's button mold find.

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Is it my eyes or does the bullet mole make different calibers? It would be a dream hunt to locate the other half!


VPR

 

[BuckleBoy]

Those two finds by themselves are a FANTASTIC grouping. Ladles were such commonly used items for casting bullets, and yet so few are recovered...probably because they were iron. GREAT pair of finds, and hope you manage to find the other half. Molds like that were useless once half was gone, so you'd think it'd be there somewhere.

Cheers,


Buck

 

[kuger]

Exactly Buckleboy........I have found a good number of molds...never a gang mold,like yours,but only one ladle!

 

[Valley Ranger]

That's one of the most interesting finds I've seen in a while - way to go!

 

[sscindercoop]

A couple nice relics there Coop. I see a couple different calibers in that mold - what caliber balls would it have produced? If you are up in .50s and .60s you may have a military bullet mold.

Thanks Steve, I believe Its American colonial. Biggest size is under 60 cal and smallest is right around 39 cal HH coop

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

coop , hope you get the other part of that mold , it would take some luck but ya never know . I never found a ladle with the handle intact .. what you have so far is really interesting . Any other stuff found at that site that makes you think pre Civil War

 

[kuger]

Exactly Buckleboy........I have found a good number of molds...never a gang mold,like yours,but only one ladle!

I see you skipped over me with the "Like",not that I care,but evidently you took what I said wrong....I was saying that YOUR gang mold is rare....as is the ladle

 

[Ironman!]

Two great early pieces right there, WTG! Good Luck in finding the other half of that awesome mold!!

IM

 

[sscindercoop]

Sorry about that, It was not intentional! I greatly appreciate your input,!! I thought you were commenting to Buckleboy. Sorry for the misunderstanding

I see you skipped over me with the "Like",not that I care,but evidently you took what I said wrong....I was saying that YOUR gang mold is rare....as is the ladle

 

[sscindercoop]

Thanks Mike, Almost everything at this sight is pre Civil War. The location was a farm house built in the mid 1700s and was burnt by the British during the Rev War and the residents were killed. Another house was built at the same location sometime after the War. There have been many early coppers found here, Several spectacle buckles, Broken pontil bottles lots of buttons and the best find is what we believe to be an Amputation knife found by the land owner while walking through the field. Unfortunately the spot has been hunted many times before I found out about it so I don't know if the other half of the mold will be there. HH coop
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