John 'n' W.Va
Active member
I respect the knowledge most of you have on this forum. I need to study more and learn more about CW artifacts. I have been into shooting for older coins, but I keep coming up with CW stuff. I am ashamed to say I have thrown some of the things away in ignorance. I have thrown away many coat weights and nap-sack rivets and who knows what else?As I study the artifact pages, I am learning.
The biggest problem I have is ID'ing bullets. I can't answer a question if I don't know how to answer it. Like what is a Mason and McKee Number? I have no idea what base and cavity? What is the base,tt or mm #? When it asks for weight I come up with 46.1 and don't see that weight listed. I have a scale and I know I need to get me a caliber. Where can I learn these things so I don't have to keep asking dumb questions? I haven't posted as much as I should have on this forum, but I will be posting more of my finds here. I will try to learn more so I can avoid dumb questions.
I have posted this Minnie before and I am trying to ID it. It is about 1.12 long and 46.1 g. The diameter is just over 5/8 and under 11/16.
I have found more Minnie's and musket balls. I know I will find a lot more.
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Here is a smaller one I found.
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The biggest problem I have is ID'ing bullets. I can't answer a question if I don't know how to answer it. Like what is a Mason and McKee Number? I have no idea what base and cavity? What is the base,tt or mm #? When it asks for weight I come up with 46.1 and don't see that weight listed. I have a scale and I know I need to get me a caliber. Where can I learn these things so I don't have to keep asking dumb questions? I haven't posted as much as I should have on this forum, but I will be posting more of my finds here. I will try to learn more so I can avoid dumb questions.
I have posted this Minnie before and I am trying to ID it. It is about 1.12 long and 46.1 g. The diameter is just over 5/8 and under 11/16.
I have found more Minnie's and musket balls. I know I will find a lot more.
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[attachment 91784 3-12-08inside.jpg]
Here is a smaller one I found.
[attachment 91790 5-3-08Min.jpg]