Shane (Arkansas)
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[attachment 6848 P1010004.JPG]Ok, here they are puddlejumper. The eagle breast plate is one of the best dug examples I've ever seen. The hooks are great and the lead is perfect. Also, there are some notches like tally marks etched in the back. Now, I would be skeptical of this if the patina was not consistent with the rest of the lead, but it is. There are also the initials "D T" in it.
On to the bullets. There are some good ones here. Of note are two .54 Mississippi's. One is fired and I think the other was a drop but has apparently been chew on by some type of rodent on the nose. I looked at several of the others and compared weights and measurements to Mason and Mckee's book and this is what I came up with. Keep in mind I'm not an expert. Brent did help me with the id's.
One .52 Cal Merrill w/ small sprue, one Smith Carbine, 1 .56 Colt Revolving Rifle, 2 Suhl's, 5 Cosmopolitan, 2 Maynard, 1 blunt nose Maynard, 1 Richmond Lab Sharps (this was Brent's ID, I've not heard of that but Brent seems to know his bullets well), 1 .69 Prussian, 2 .69 Garabaldi's, 5 Star Carbine both cone and flat based, .577 Rosewood Plug based Enfield, and a .44 Cal. Slanting Breech Sharps Carbine.
Now, I may have made some mistakes, but that is the best I could do. Also, as you can see, there are many more bullets to this collection that I've either not ID'd or they are common Enfield's and "3 Ringers".
Hope you all enjoyed this as much as I have. I bought it as an investment and will display them proudly in my home office. I was told they came from an old timer metal detectorist form down around Sheridan and that they all came from Jenkin's Ferry. Now, I've also been told that there are some Eastern theater bullets in here that would be a stretch to say they came from down there. However, many of the ones here could definately have been from that area.
Sorry about the size of the picture. I just wanted you to see the detail.
Shane (Arkansas)
On to the bullets. There are some good ones here. Of note are two .54 Mississippi's. One is fired and I think the other was a drop but has apparently been chew on by some type of rodent on the nose. I looked at several of the others and compared weights and measurements to Mason and Mckee's book and this is what I came up with. Keep in mind I'm not an expert. Brent did help me with the id's.
One .52 Cal Merrill w/ small sprue, one Smith Carbine, 1 .56 Colt Revolving Rifle, 2 Suhl's, 5 Cosmopolitan, 2 Maynard, 1 blunt nose Maynard, 1 Richmond Lab Sharps (this was Brent's ID, I've not heard of that but Brent seems to know his bullets well), 1 .69 Prussian, 2 .69 Garabaldi's, 5 Star Carbine both cone and flat based, .577 Rosewood Plug based Enfield, and a .44 Cal. Slanting Breech Sharps Carbine.
Now, I may have made some mistakes, but that is the best I could do. Also, as you can see, there are many more bullets to this collection that I've either not ID'd or they are common Enfield's and "3 Ringers".
Hope you all enjoyed this as much as I have. I bought it as an investment and will display them proudly in my home office. I was told they came from an old timer metal detectorist form down around Sheridan and that they all came from Jenkin's Ferry. Now, I've also been told that there are some Eastern theater bullets in here that would be a stretch to say they came from down there. However, many of the ones here could definately have been from that area.
Sorry about the size of the picture. I just wanted you to see the detail.
Shane (Arkansas)
