Carved Mini Balls

[RELICUS MAXIMUS]

I love to find carved mini balls.  Here's a "Sea Serpent".  The head looks like it got in the way of a rock or plow over the years.  Note the dorsal fin and tail.  I found these 3 or 4 years ago.

[4-H]

That is a very interesting carving. 

Pretty neat how it stayed so well intact

[Dirtfishergabe]

thats definatly different looking! how often do you find carved bullets that are identifiable?

[CoinHunter]

I agree with you guys that this is definitely interesting, but how can you tell that this was ever a mini ball? It just looks like a piece of junk lead that someone started messing with. I know I am somewhat challenged in visual perception but I just can't see any details in the pictures. If I had found it I would have just thrown it in with all the other scrap lead I have found. You will have to bring it to a meeting and show me the details sometime because I really do want to understand what you have here. I might have been finding stuff myself and just tossing it thinking it of no importance. I hope not but I remember throwing away a large chunk of lead recently that looked like it had came from out of a can where it had been melted. It had a couple of what I thought were nails sticking out of it so I just thought it was junk

[RELICUS MAXIMUS]

That's why I'm posting some of these "off the wall" finds.  Everybody would recognize a belt plate or a button but those are only a tiny fraction of what you will find on a site.  I will post some more carved mini balls in the next couple of weeks.

[RELICUS MAXIMUS]

Don't toss them because they are some of the "better" finds you are liable to make.  They generally fall under the category of "Camp Art"; and as such, capture the attention of art folks, history buffs, and nuts like us.

[Silver Dollar]

There he goes again....throwing stuff away before identifying it...lol