This bullet, as the final of four pictures shows, was clearly pulled from the barrel of the musket. A bullet would be pulled (or wormed) when the gun misfired or when it got stuck somewhere down the length of the barrel after firing. Muskets were often equipped with ramrods that could accommodate screw-devices able to burrow into soft (and often hot) lead. The bullet would then be removed from the barrel.

That's what you see here. This dropped bullet has a nice patina, cone cavity and maybe one tiny nick that looks to have occurred before or while buried.

This relic was found in Aldie, Virginia on private property.

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