two ring minne ball?

[easttndigger]

Found this today in east tn inside a small confederate camp...i dont think i have ever seen one of these...anybody else came across a two ring .58 cal minnie? looked on-line for a while it seems there pretty uncommon

 

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[ivan salis]

confederate 2 ringer

 

[turtlefoot13]

This link to a mold might get you a bit farther. Ammo is far from anything that I know.

Doug

http://tinyurl.com/ybwu6ay

 

[vayank54]

Kind of hard to tell from the pic but it looks like a Wilkinson. I think a Wilkinson should be a .54 or smaller though. If it's a .54 Wilkinson it books for about $50.00

 

[Monty]

But, don't it only have two rings? Photo is reallllly blurry. Monty

 

[Jason in TN]

That is a chunk of Confederate lead.

 

[relichunters]

It's a bullet not a mini ball?

 

[vayank54]

Here is a pic of a Wilkinson as far as I know they were .54 and smaller.
Relichunters, as far as I know a bullet and a mini ball are the same thing. If I remember right the enlongated ball (bullet) was invented in the 1850's by a fellow with the last name Mini'e ( not sure on the spelling)

 

[ivan salis]

a french fellow --minie -- came up with a hollow based long shaped bullet -- "mini ball" it was often called --althought it was not "round" or ball shaped at all

 

[Juanmoretime]

Can't see inside the base, is it hollow or flat?

 

[Monty]

Looks like a minnie to me! I was PMd that the base was .58". Monty