CampSite Artifacts  ·

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.

            $165  plus shipping

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 !

            $88  plus shipping

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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 !

                $45 plus shipping

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 !

         $28 plus shipping

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!

            $25  plus shipping

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 !

        $30 plus shipping

Here is a Nice Dropped MM520 Civil War “Shaler” Bullet ! It has a good patina on all three pieces and shows no digger damage anywhere. It still comes apart and goes back together easily and there are remnants of red dirt on it. The very tip of the nose is flat on one side, but it was cast that way and is not damaged. A Fine Displaying and Uncommon sectional Civil War Bullet ! It was recovered near Culpeper, Virginia.

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Here is Another Nice Dropped MM301 Confederate “Mississippi Rifle” Bullet ! Generally called a Mississippi Bullet, some researchers now think these may have been intended for the .54 caliber Hill Rifles manufactured in Tyler, Texas. This one has a mostly whitish gray patina with some areas of light brown that appear to be dirt. There is one area on the bottom of the cavity walls that shows some crumbling, but it’s not big and doesn’t show from the side. No digger’s dinks or damage of any sort. It was recovered near Jenkin’s Ferry, Arkansas. A Fine Displaying Confederate MM301 Mississippi Rifle Bullet !

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