I'm new to round pieces of lead... drilled-through musket ball?

k2gleaner · Dec 8, 2019

Found this the other day, near an old house where I found a 1900 Barber dime and possibly a Civil War button. It's almost spherical, but flattened on one side, with a crude hole through the center.

Outside diameter is 0.75 inches.

Any ideas? Was this a musket ball? I don't know how big they were in diameter.

VA-REB · Dec 8, 2019

Fishing weight. The hole is a little big though.

MuddyMo · Dec 8, 2019

It could be a weight for a cast net, seinge or a hundred other things.

k2gleaner · Dec 8, 2019

It was never a musket-ball then. I figured it was used as a weight with the hole in it. Cast-net sounds right.

Not modern, though.

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ecmo · Dec 9, 2019

MuddyMo said:
It could be a weight for a cast net, seinge or a hundred other things.

Agree, my thought also. Couid be for a seine (sp) net also.

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k2gleaner · Dec 9, 2019

I live in an area where fishing/shrimping is a way of life for many.

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