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Three ring miniball

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This may very well be from a Union soldier . They camped at this spot . I found in the woods with a Vaquero , stock coil. Lots of trash so I had the disc up past tab . I dont know calibers but its big .



 
Wow that's a big bullet.
Can you imagine getting hit with one?
Nowadays our rounds will go through and alot faster. Back then the seemed to be huge, powerful, and probably shattered bones they hit.
Combine that with the medical attention available at the time.... Ouch.
 
.58 caliber----known as the "deadly ounce"--or--"widow maker".------Yeah, it was bad news to be on the receiving end of one of those.
 
I dug one like it here in upstate NY.532 gr. I couldn't imagine.... [attachment 342565 DSC026832.JPG]
 
And, a couple months back, I dug this Sharps Ringtail in an abandoned Girl Scout camp. Turns out, that forest area was also used for deer hunting by soldiers from nearby Fort Tejon, a hundred years earlier. Pretty sure this one's a 56 caliber. Didn't know what it was when I dug it, but it's big and it looked old; just threw it in my trash pocket and identified it a few days later.
 
If the bullet could talk, good find
 
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