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Here is a Neat Fused Together .69 Caliber Buck & Ball Cartridge ! Well, it’s not an entire cartridge but just the projectiles, .69 musket ball & 3 .31 caliber buckshot, that were recovered from the James River in Virginia. It comes with the Riker box and original label. The old label says, “fused together by rust”, but I’m not sure if that’s it, or it was just from being pressed together under water. Anyway, it makes a neat display of exactly what was in a “Buck & Ball” cartridge ! [ L.L. ]

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Here is a Fine Dropped .577 Enfield Bullet with an “L2” mark in the Cavity ! It has no digger damage or dinks of any kind, and a super slick woodsy patina. The bottom of the cavity walls are uneven and there are some patina chip on the bottom, but the “L2” mark is easily seen. Recovery location unknown. A Very Good Displaying Example of the L2 Base Marked Enfield Bullet !

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Here's a Fine Dropped .44 Caliber Sharps Slant Breech Bullet ! It is the less often seen pattern, with only two raised rings, and a round nose. It shows a nice overall white patina, with no digger damage at all. It is MM197 in Mason & McKee, Civil War Projectiles II. Recovered Pilot Knob, Missouri. A Very Fine Displaying Sharps Slant Breech Bullet.

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Here is a Nice Dropped .44 Caliber Sharps Slant Breech Bullet ! It is the “standard” pattern with three raised rings, similar to MM194 in Mason & McKee, or Specimen 531 in Round Ball To Rimfire, Part Two, by Dean S. Thomas. It shows an overall nice white patina, with no digger damage at all, and trimmed casting sprue on the base. Recovered Pilot Knob, Missouri. A Fine Displaying .44 Caliber Sharps Slant Breech Bullet !

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Here is a Dropped .44 Caliber Slant Breech Sharps Carbine Bullet ! It is in good condition with a brown woodsy patina and no digger damage. It does have a period vertical slash that you can see in the third picture, that runs down the three raised rings, but it is definitely period. Pretty examples of this bullet run $45-50 but this one is priced much nicer, and is still a good displaying example of the pattern. A Good .44 Sharps Slant Breech Bullet !

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(Thought I either lost or previously Sold this bullet, and when someone called to order it, I could not find it. However, one day NOT in the relic room, I found it.)

Here is a Nice Dropped .54 Caliber Confederate Enfield Bullet, also known to Collectors as a Nathan Bedford Forrest Enfield! These smaller .54 caliber Enfield/Pritchett type Bullets are often excavated in sites associated with General Forrest, thus the name. This one measures about .974 of an inch tall, by .520 diameter. It has a wonderful slick brownish patina often seen on bullets recovered in the woods, and no digger damage. It has a few tiny patina chips on the base and a casting imperfection in the cavity. A Nice Nathan Bedford Forrest Enfield Bullet!

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Here is a Beautiful Dropped .44 Caliber Slant Breech Sharps Bullet ! It has a wonderful mostly white patina on the whole bullet with no digger’s dinks or damage of any sort. The base and nose are in good condition as well. Recovered at Prairie Grove, Arkansas, it’s the last of several I once had. A Fine Dropped .44 Caliber Sharps Bullet !

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Here are Five Nice Dropped .52 Caliber Sharps Carbine Bullets ! All five have a nice white patina with no digger dinks or scrapes, and all five retain their form perfectly. The one in the middle is generally considered to be an early or pre-war pattern, while the other four are war-date examples. These bullets were all recovered at Maysville, Arkansas, which was a very early war Arkansas State Militia Training camp, and a site that was used by many troops of both sides throughout the war. Five Very Nice .52 Caliber Sharps Carbine Bullets !

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Here is a Rare Trans-Mississippi Civil War Bullet Known as a “Jenkin’s Ferry” Musketoon! They are quite uncommon and primarily recovered in the Old Trans-Mississippi Department, or Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Though unlisted in Mason & McKee’s book, Civil War Projectiles II, there are several pictured examples in Tom Stelma’s book, Some More Civil War Bullets. This one is not perfect, but still retains its shape and profile nicely, with a good mostly off white patina. The thick cavity walls are still nice and round, and the small truncation or flat spot easily visible in the base of the cavity. Though there is little evidence of digger damage, it does show several old scars, one which looks like it may have been lightly carved, and another or two that may be from farming years ago. The bullet measures approximately 6.90 to 7.00 diameter by about 1.35 tall. A “top drawer” example of these bullets will often sell in the neighborhood of $300, but this one, though still a nice example is much less. A Rare Trans-Mississippi Bullet that is hard to find !  Recovered near Baxter Springs, Kansas.

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Here is a Beautiful Dropped MM266, Longer skirt .69 Caliber French Triangle Bullet ! The entire bullet wears a nice off white patina with no digger dinks anywhere on it. The short walls just below the triangular cavity are still nice and rounded and a cut sprue evident on the nose. A bit of reddish dirt is still evident here and there. Overall this is just a First Rate MM266 French Triangle Bullet !

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