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Hopskippy

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Went out with the grandson for a couple hours today and found some clad as well as these 3 balls. Can anyone help identify these? I'm pretty sure they are lead.
 
The two small ones could be musket balls. The 3rd looks too large, but I'm not very knowledgeable about ammo.
 
Hopskippy said:
Went out with the grandson for a couple hours today and found some clad as well as these 3 balls. Can anyone help identify these? I'm pretty sure they are lead.
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I forgot to mention, they are completely white.It looks like corrosion?
 
Without measurements it will be hard to tell but, the larger piece could be "Grapeshot". It would have been part of a canister shell fired by a cannon. Most lead will take on a white patina after being in the ground. You could scrape a small spot and see if it is lead.
 
Lol, no. No need to scrape it. They are musket balls. Lead that had been in the ground for a while will always turn white like that. Its hard to tell from the photo the exact size but I'd say the smaller two are pistol balls and the larger a musket ball although they all may be musket balls. Muskets went up to .75 cal which is .75 inches. Very big. The brown bess shot .69 or .70 balls. What part off the country are you in? If I found that many balls in a small area I'd start getting very excited about having stumbled onto a lost battle or camp sight.
 
Bell said:
Lol, no. No need to scrape it. They are musket balls. Lead that had been in the ground for a while will always turn white like that. Its hard to tell from the photo the exact size but I'd say the smaller two are pistol balls and the larger a musket ball although they all may be musket balls. Muskets went up to .75 cal which is .75 inches. Very big. The brown bess shot .69 or .70 balls. What part off the country are you in? If I found that many balls in a small area I'd start getting very excited about having stumbled onto a lost battle or camp sight.
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Thanks Bell. I'm in Fredericktown, Missouri. There was a battle fought right close to the park I found these in. It was called the battle of Fredericktown.
 
This is a good sign that you are indeed onto a battle scene as Bell suggested.
Keep workin that area.
 
I think the lead you found may be what is referred to as "buck-n-balls". They were fired from 1842 Springfield .69 cal or similar musket. To the left side of photo I posted shows a .69 cal buck and two balls. Normally there are three smaller balls with the larger cal buck. Very similar to today's 00 buck shotgun rounds. Measurements would be helpful. HH TomB
 
Yah could be buck and ball. I find a lot of that in TX revolution sites. If be hitting that park pretty hard either way. Amazing its not hunted out yet. Good luck!
 
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