gtoast99
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Hey ya'll!
Had a downright miserable hunt last night for all but the last 10 minutes. Mosquitoes ate me alive, and I was getting nothing but pulltabs. The only redeeming qualities of the hunt came right at the very end when I pulled a neat John Deere pin and this round bit of lead. I'm hoping you all will tell me if it's a CW era musket ball? The area I found it in is certainly old enough for that to be the case.
The "front" is indented (not my doing), but also scratched by my digger on the way out . The "back" side of the indent has this odd pit, which I cleaned out with a toothpick.
I have 2 CW musket balls in a display someone bought for me which were labeled .69 caliber. One of them is visibly slightly larger than this, but the other is exactly the same size. The one of the correct size seems to have a similar "pit" like mine, too, although not as deep.
Thoughts and opinions? Thanks!!
Had a downright miserable hunt last night for all but the last 10 minutes. Mosquitoes ate me alive, and I was getting nothing but pulltabs. The only redeeming qualities of the hunt came right at the very end when I pulled a neat John Deere pin and this round bit of lead. I'm hoping you all will tell me if it's a CW era musket ball? The area I found it in is certainly old enough for that to be the case.
The "front" is indented (not my doing), but also scratched by my digger on the way out . The "back" side of the indent has this odd pit, which I cleaned out with a toothpick.
I have 2 CW musket balls in a display someone bought for me which were labeled .69 caliber. One of them is visibly slightly larger than this, but the other is exactly the same size. The one of the correct size seems to have a similar "pit" like mine, too, although not as deep.
Thoughts and opinions? Thanks!!