this looks a good book for identifying lead shot found metal detecting
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lead-Shot-of- ... d=ViewItem
http://www.foresightbooks.com
Lead Shot of the English Civil War:A Radical Study
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Re: Lead Shot of the English Civil War:A Radical Study
I've had it for a while and have been working with David on a couple of sites of mine..............very interesting guy and very clever.........
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Years ago I donated lots of musket balls to a girl doing a thesis on them in Uni...she found them invaluable
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Re: Lead Shot of the English Civil War:A Radical Study
I too have been corresponding with David for a while and is a mine of really useful information relating to old ordnance, shared his book with our FLO Kurt Adams who has "borrowed" it for a month!
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Re: Lead Shot of the English Civil War:A Radical Study
Great heads up.......might change my view on a couple of sites we have that are inundated with the stuff!
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Re: Lead Shot of the English Civil War:A Radical Study
I have this one and it's certainly one for the shelf of the interested.