CraigHyatt Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 That looks a lot like it! Question is... How long have they been manufactured? Because for the past 20+ years there hasn't been a single shot fired on my property as far as I know! Look up the manufacturer's website and send your photos to customer service. They will be able to give a definitive answer. As to how it got on your property, who knows? I kid might have found it miles away and lost it on your property. That question isn't as interesting or useful as identifying the artifact. Let us know what the manufacturer says. Info: Craig Hyatt, retired software/electrical engineer Experience: Beginner, fossil hunting less than a year Location: Eagle Pass, TX USA on the border with Mexico, hot dry desert Formation: Escondido, Marine, Upper Cretaceous Materials: Sandstone, Mudstone, Shale, Chert, Chalk Typical: Thalassinoides, Sphenodiscus, Exogyra, Inoceramus Reference: http://txfossils.com/Txfossils.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 It's a Truball Rifled slug- truball1.jpg truball2.jpg That'll be an oxymoron then looking at the shape of a truball eh? 1 John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anchiornis Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 You didn't get a fossil, but found an antique rifle ball? Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigHyatt Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 You didn't get a fossil, but found an antique rifle ball? Awesome! Not antique. See Al Dente's post above. Info: Craig Hyatt, retired software/electrical engineer Experience: Beginner, fossil hunting less than a year Location: Eagle Pass, TX USA on the border with Mexico, hot dry desert Formation: Escondido, Marine, Upper Cretaceous Materials: Sandstone, Mudstone, Shale, Chert, Chalk Typical: Thalassinoides, Sphenodiscus, Exogyra, Inoceramus Reference: http://txfossils.com/Txfossils.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigHyatt Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Here's an example of what you found. It's the same round but without the ball. I scratched it with a knife to show the lead color. While I was at it, I picked up some additional junk to show you. 1 Info: Craig Hyatt, retired software/electrical engineer Experience: Beginner, fossil hunting less than a year Location: Eagle Pass, TX USA on the border with Mexico, hot dry desert Formation: Escondido, Marine, Upper Cretaceous Materials: Sandstone, Mudstone, Shale, Chert, Chalk Typical: Thalassinoides, Sphenodiscus, Exogyra, Inoceramus Reference: http://txfossils.com/Txfossils.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 (edited) It's a Truball Rifled slug- truball2.jpg BAM ! BAM ! BAM ! Case close (as Craig would say). But you should train at shooting, your bullets are not in the center (or maybe change your glasses ?) Edited August 2, 2016 by fifbrindacier 1 "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 How about ammoshotgunslugium? Tony "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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