:shrug: Mysterious Minie Ball - What is the story? Who does this? :shrug:

[khouse]

I don't find much Civil War stuff but this one stumped me. Who would use a Civil War bullet as a fishing weight with current day Monofilament line? Is there a fisherman out there that has so many bullets that he just casts them into the water? It was found near a fishing hole along with some other weights I found.

 

[Larry (IL)]

I'm sure he thought it was a good idea at the time Kenny.............

 

[garys relics]

I guess he did like soldiers did, make do with what he had! Anyway, his loss is your gain and you will treasure your find, and saved a relic.

 

[khouse]

I wish it had period line attached to it. But I guess that's asking too much.....

 

[Cajuncoinhunter]

Ok. Y'all caught me. :clsoedeyes: Guilty.

 

[khouse]

Did they use braided line back in the 1860's?

 

[Elton]

This is just a thought .............. Do you suppose someone made that bullet and it's not civil war era.....

It looks a little suspicious compared to other bullets that have been posted..

 

[khouse]

I think is authentic. It looks like it was chewed or something?

 

[Elton]

n/t

 

[yowow#1]

Looks like something perhaps a kid might do? wanted to go fishing and low on sinkers and funds??

 

[hershey1]

May have used it as a test target. Used the line to retrieve the bullet. Just a thought.

 

[Power Guy]

Well we can rule out a civil war soldier. Monofilament was not invented until 1939...

 

[khouse]

That's what makes it so odd. Too bad it didn't have some kind of cord or Horse hair line on it.......

 

[Canewrap]

There are some places, here in the South, where there were mini balls just laying on the ground for a long, long time. I've heard stories that people would pick them up and melt them down for various uses and sometimes use them for fishing weights, like you have here. People use to consider stuff like that just trash until collecting anything CW related became the norm, in the mid 20th century.

 

[khouse]

That make sense. I wish I could just find them laying on the ground......