I need some help figuring out what this could be! It's a fairly heavy lead piece. I thought it could be a button but it's too heavy and thick. Doesn't look like a shank is present either. It was about 4 inches down and I've already found colonial objects in the nearby area. Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Owen
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Looks like a fired lead ball that flattened when it hit a hard object.
Earle has it right , its a large impacted round ball bullet and a pretty old one from its appearance .
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Found it here in front of these rocksOriginally Posted by 10X
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Found it here in front of these rocks. Might explain why it's flattened!
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Yep. Guy tripped over those rocks, accidentally fired his round into the ground and it struck another rock. Then you came around 150-200 yrs later!
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Its a fired lead ball. I found one earlier this year that looked very similar to yours. Nice find
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I concur with the others. Fired musket ball.
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