Sinker..bullet

[Dfx]

Went detecting in a small creek today found 1 3ringer and this. I kinda want to say a sinker but there is is visual signs of where line would be tied too. I even took point of knive and dug in top thinking an eye was attatched ..i dont know jyst throwing it out there

 

[Patrick H]

I am NOT an expert, but there are plenty experts here who will chime in. My hunch is that this is not a bullet. But I agree it looks very much like a bullet. However, I believe most bullets of the era had a cone or rounded nose on top of a cylindrical body (or they were round ball). I don't see the cylindrical part of the body, so I am a bit dubious about this being a bullet. All that said, if the experts come in and say it is, then I will quickly bow to their judgement.

In the meantime, welcome from Missouri.

 

[UCVRelics]

Welcome from the Heart Of Dixie. Need some better photos but from the profile it could be for a country rifle.

 

[Dfx]

Thnaks for all the welcomes

 

[Booner]

Welcome from the Heart Of Dixie. Need some better photos but from the profile it could be for a country rifle.

I think you may be right. I've seen pictures of bullets for county rifles that looked very much like this and can't imagine that they would be accurate.

 

[Jobe Holiday]

Not a "Country Rifle" projectile, either.
J.

 

[JOHN42768]

Heck that is a petrified "Black Crow" licorice candy

 

[bankerpapaw]

Looks like a sinker to me.

 

[Mr. King]

Don't give up so quickly...

 

[Booner]

From "Virginia Civil War Relics", from the www; they call it a picket bullet for a country rifle.

 

[Mr. King]

The Colt Walker had a bullet mold for a .44 conical projectile.