Weekend finds saved from the Dozers

[Va Dave]

Dozers cut right through Union Trench works of 1862....saving what I can. 2nd pic is of a reverse pulled bullet. Can anyone ID the bullet pic'd with the williams cleaner, the base is slightly inset.

Thanks for looking and Good Luck in your Digs,
Dave

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[mdholedigger]

what an awlsome day........way to save that lead........you got some really nice bullets there

 

[LowRider]

n/t

 

[ThatCannonballGuy]

Dave, a (friendly) small addition to your post's info...

Neither the Type 3 Williams Cleaner bullet nor the particular type of CS copper time-fize plug shown in your photo was issued to Army troops prior to 1863. Therefore, they must be from a later-war action occurring at those 1862 trenches.

Regarding the mystery-bullet shown with the Williams Cleaner in photo #3... we'd need a photo of its base to have certainty about its identity. In the one view we've got, it looks like it could be just a simple cut-off 3-ringer ..but you said its bottom isn't flat. So we've gotta see a base-view photo.

Regards,
TheCannonballGuy

 

[tsgman]

Not sure but middle pic looks like the base was carved on. Great job saving part of our countrys history. Tsgman

 

[SGTLOWE]

n/t

 

[Va Dave]

Yes it was "1864", thanks.

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[ThatCannonballGuy]

Thanks for providing a base-view photo, Dave. Having examined it and the side-view carefully... the bullet appears to be a .58-caliber. Therefore, all things considered, I'm 99.9% certain it is a cut-off (carved) minie. Set it alongside the nose of some of your .58-caliber 3-ringers and see if my guess is correct. By the way, there's an almsot completely identical one shown as bullet #73 in the Mason-&-mcKee bullet book (page 26).

Either way, you've got some cool finds from that site. Congrats!

Regards,
TheCannonballGuy