What is this x of lead??

[Tafflaff (Rob)]

Not me Phil I wouldnt know a Musket mould from Bread mould   

[PHIL YNYSBOETH]

Hi Thelovedoc

Your right about the name Jacks
Ive no idea where i got the name dip dap doe from lol

[bymatt666 (byron)]

thats a great diagram ian... ..i was always led to believe they were cast individually in a pliers type instrument...that sort of thing.... ....byron

[Tafflaff (Rob)]

They were as well Byron....Probably many different ways of doing them. I've heared of Air Dropped musket balls as well.

[Debbie]

I have seen pictures of the pliers type instruments for casting individual musket balls Byron - there must have been the two methods.

[Tafflaff (Rob)]

Debbie heres a video of the pliers method.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YItX2-O1kmE

[bymatt666 (byron)]

thats a brilliant demonstration of single musket balls being made.....i'm sure that different methods evolved as time went on and they became more ingenious......byron

[Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan )]

 Yeah  iv'e got several of them in slightly different sizes and thickness,  they are the cast offs from the early moulds,  i did find one with a ball attached in my early days,  iv'e found a couple with lead from the other side which shows  where they were cut from something,  i was demonstrating this in my museum exhibition,
Alan

[Debbie]

That's a good video Tafflaff.  It is difficult to imagine how really hard life must have been for the soldiers - having to make their own ammo would have been only one of their daily challenges!

[Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan )]

there was another way to,  they'd kmake a few in a double row in a mould,

[Neil]

I have had about 7 of them including 4 from one site in Lower Machen in one day.

I have also heard both theories about then being used to weight a ball and as musket ball holders. I have also heard that they were fired from Bluderbusses! who knows what the answer is - I would be intrigued to find out

Neil

[Radnor Bandit (Ian)]

It could be a caltrop (excuse spelling) and may have had nails or sharp pieces of iron inserted into all the stub ends ....used as a weapon to lame horses or foot soldiers. The design enables it to be thrown from horseback or running on foot to disable / delay persuers, as it will always land business end up..

[coleggwent(phil)]

ok mr gadget here is one with one on ive got three of them all in toll one with two on and one with nout on better than that you can have them if you want them i dont tell lies you off all pepole sould know that ill put them in the car so next time we meet you can have them 

[coleggwent(phil)]

no efence taking mate just telling you what mark lodwick came back with  i dont realy know myself  you can all of them mate i just chuck them in the scrap   

[borderfox.1495]

hi i saw an article in searcher enquiring what they where, i have 2 in the house both 6 sided, a few years back in s ireland i found two from a site where cromwell attacked the fort sailing on to limerick , he fired on the fort from his ships , my mate said that when he was diving 1 of cromwells shipwrecks he found cases of them,with musket balls attached, he thought they where shot from the ships cannon hence me finding two, minus the musket balls probably cut of for the muskets to fire separate, there probably was different ways of making them but these definatly had musket balls, probably militry ammunition, as ive also found them at cromwells battle sight in cowbridge regards john