Dirtdigger33
Active member
I need help with identifying this round ball about the size of a marble. I know what a lead musket ball looks like in color and I have found civil war bullets in the area of Virginia where I live. The other night out detecting I dug this round ball and at first thought it was a ball bearing of some sort but then upon closer examination I noticed one side had a slight dent like it had been fired and had struck an object and it feels heavy like lead but does not have same coloration as my lead civil war bullets. I have two questions, is there anyway to find out if it is lead? The second question I have is, did they make musket balls out of anything other than lead and pewter during the Revolutionary War or Civil War? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
