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Civil War bullet?
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RUTTNBUCK
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Where did your friend find it??......It is possible that it could be a Civil War projectile, but it might be a modern day black powder projectile.....Looks like a buffalo bullet to me ...........The Civil War projectiles we found with a metal detector when I was a Teenager had a little bit more patina to them than the one in your pictures............Most of the Civil War era projectiles had a conical shaped head, and not flat
Yours could have been deformed on impact
The pictures just don't give me enough to go on
It is definitely a Black Powder/Muzzle Loader patchless Projectile from looking at the base.........That area expands on combustion to make contact with the rifling in the barrel
The projectiles we found when I was a kid had much more patina to them........Even after washing they were white
Yours could have been deformed on impact
The pictures just don't give me enough to go on
It is definitely a Black Powder/Muzzle Loader patchless Projectile from looking at the base.........That area expands on combustion to make contact with the rifling in the barrel
The projectiles we found when I was a kid had much more patina to them........Even after washing they were white
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Hard to tell by the photo, but it looks to be kind of small for a Civil War .58 caliber Minie Ball.
whitetaco02
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He found it using a metal detector in Danville. I guess that would be Twiggs County?
prydawg
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Danville I think sits on the line with Twiggs and Wilkinson
RUTTNBUCK
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How deep in the ground??
I know where Danville is..........From my knowledge of Civil War History............I don't recall much activity in the Danville area, and just to be sure I Googled it, and did not find anything.
Shermans Troops went to the Northeast of Danville through Milledgeville, and Sandersville.
Closest he came was Griswoldville.
Like I said it does not look like anything we found on known areas of activity......The ones we found also had more grooves around the base...........Looks like what I have known from muzzleloading as what is called a buffalo bullet.
If he had found several in this location??
But this might have been a shot at a deer with a modern day muzzleloader.
whitetaco02
Senior Member
How deep in the ground??
I know where Danville is..........From my knowledge of Civil War History............I don't recall much activity in the Danville area, and just to be sure I Googled it, and did not find anything.
Shermans Troops went to the Northeast of Danville through Milledgeville, and Sandersville.
Closest he came was Griswoldville.
Like I said it does not look like anything we found on known areas of activity......The ones we found also had more grooves around the base...........Looks like what I have known from muzzleloading as what is called a buffalo bullet.
If he had found several in this location??
But this might have been a shot at a deer with a modern day muzzleloader.
Thank you!
SkintRider
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Depending on diameter, could be a hollow base wadcutter pistol target round. Shot lots of .38 special at paper targets. Makes neat round holes easier to measure groups when shooting Bullseye matches. Loaded down to about 600 fps for light recoil.
lagrangedave
Gone But Not Forgotten
People have been hunting here since way before the Civil War, may be an old hunting round..................
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