Recovered from Cloyde Mountain Battle sight

[TomB]

Today, while hunting the Cloyde Mountain Battle site in Virginia I recovered a small cal. bullet two ringer and a led ball of about the same cal. I believe they are for a pistol...but have never recovered one this small before. What do you think. Thanks TomB


Thanks too all you guys who took the time too look at my post and give your openion.
I think you are all right..it prob is a modernday bullet. Boy if It hadn't been I may have had one of a kind.....lol. Again thanks Tom B

 

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[ivan salis]

yep bullets

 

[Gen. Breckinridge]

Tom, I've looked through all my reference books and find nothing even remotely similar. I've sure never seen anything like it at the battle of Marion. Good luck.
Ken

 

[Montana Jim]

Hello Tom! Glad to see you got the pictures posted .

And welcome to TreasureNet!

I've also been looking through 2 ringer bullets - and have no idea what your's is, or - what it used to be. IMO it's a carved bullet at the tip, and possibly cut off at the base (maybe it used to be a three ringer?).

Maybe it was made smaller to fit different shell/pistol... ?

Good luck with the ID...

 

[Monty]

Looks a lot like a contemporary .54 caliber "maxi ball". Some primitive firearms shooters buy molds and mold their own. Doesn't appear to be related to the civil war era, but that is just my best guess. Monty

 

[BioProfessor]

I agree with Monty. Unless you have cleaned them very carefully, they don't show much of the white lead oxide usually associated with Civil War era bullets. My money is on a relatively modern Conical hand-molded bullet.

Daryl

 

[BuckleBoy]

I have hunted the Cloyd's Mountain Battlefield before--about 12 years ago. There was a lot of modern hunting-related ammo there as I recall.

Regards,


Buckleboy

 

[dnewbury2]

It looks like a R.E.A.L. bullet. The initials stand for "rifling- engraved -at- loading". Dixie Gun Works sold the bullets and the moulds for them years ago and they were used in reproduction muzzle loaders.

 

[SignalMan]

Hey again Dad.....I found this post too! I may have to grab my detector, go down to the beach and see what I can find. Also, there's the Moore's Creek Battlefield up the road towards Burgaw, NC. Maybe I'll check into searching there sometime!

"Buck"