Last couple outings..........

[Va Dave]

Can anyone ID the spur looking piece and the bullet pic'd with the holed Large Cent.

Thanks for looking and Good Luck in your Digs,
Dave

 

[gary (central va)]

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[ThatCannonballGuy]

Dave, I *think* I've got one of those bullets in my hand right now.
Let's check the ID-characteristics:
(1) 58 caliber,
(2) the nose is flat-tipped (because in this case, it's a "nose-cast" bullet),
(3) the rings are spaced much wider apart than on a typical 3-ringer,
(4) base-cavity is "paraboloid" (parabolic curve),
(5) base-cavity is quite deep,
(6) base-cavity's rim (or, "skirt") is thinner than the usual 3-ringer.

If your minie matches mine in all of the above ID-characteristics...
it's from a 1960s-era Dixie Gun Works bulletmold for blackpowder game-hunters/shooters.

I'm sorry to have to be "the bearer of bad news."

Notice that your minie's lead-oxide patina looks "thinner" than
what is usually seen on dug civil-war minies. Yours has only been
out in the weather for 30-40 years, instead of 140. With just your fingernail, you can scratch a bright shiny streak through "young" lead patina.

Regards,
TheCannonballGuy [Pete George]

 

[ED-NH]

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[Va Dave]

Thanks for the imfo.....the fact that it had some patina raised my curiousity, I have found 140 year old bullets with lean, brown patina, but all the other characteristics you mentioned matched.

Thanks again,
Dave