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modockowando

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« on: September 15, 2012, 06:44:57 PM »
This is one I found at the same location.



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tom buckley

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Re: Finds
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2012, 07:54:29 PM »
I'm thinking that it is a badly deteriorated Williams Regulation .58 based on the flat grooves.
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tom buckley

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Re: Finds
« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2012, 07:58:54 PM »
Modockowando,
If you're finding these in Maine, maybe there is still hope for Ohio. :D
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Pete George

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Re: Finds
« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2012, 08:26:51 PM »
  Although your bullet is unusually heavily corroded... I agree with Tom Buckley, its flat-bottomed grooves, little flat "cap" on the nose, and deep "false cone-&-pin" cavity mean it is a civil war era US .58-caliber Williams "Regulation" minie-ball.  It appears to be an unfired one.  Finding an unfired bullet often means there are (or were) several more of them nearby. 

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Pete
« Last Edit: September 15, 2012, 09:29:36 PM by Pete George »
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modockowando

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Re: Finds
« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2012, 09:11:18 PM »
Cool!  I knew there was civil war activity at this site.  The heavy corrosion speaks well to the location (maine coast). 
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