Carved bullet

[brnn53]

Check out the workmanship on this bullet. This is my first carved bullet. The guy had talent!
Mike

 

[GRAY GHOST]

yeah, thats a heckuva carving, and a great find. thanks for info on piece, didnt really know what it was. i sure would like to see more posts and pics on this site, we must be a secretive lot! so many relics, so little time... hh,

 

[Old Sox]

Awesome find!

 

[fieldboy]

n/t

 

[brnn53]

It is too big for that! I placed a .58 minie beside it and it was the very same height.
Mike

 

[bulletman]

The soldiers used to carve them up for chess pieces. Have found one that was hollowed out and used as a fishing sinker. Still has the line cut in it!
Yours is the best that I have seen. Took some craftsmanship to produce that one!

 

[coinnut]

Nice bullet. I've found some strange ones over the years. Here are some of them, along with my carved "chess piece" bullet on the bottom.

 

[Zach in LA]

That's cool. I have a friend who found one like that but it had a cross carved on it.

 

[Carolina Phil]

It definitely appears that its purpose was as a bishop in the game of Chess. Check out this link. Nice find!

 

[Anonymous]

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[gobble-gobble]

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[gotreasurehunting]

That's amazing! Quite the find. Thanks for sharing.