North Carolina Musket Ball
1700s-1860s
About North Carolina Musket Ball
The North Carolina Musket Ball is a military find from the 1700s-1860s era, commonly discovered by metal detectorists across the Appalachians regions. Musket Ball is a realistic North Carolina detector target tied to cellar holes, church camps, and mountain picnic areas. Rather than pretending every state has the same history, this profile frames the signal around the kinds of sites that actually produce it in North Carolina: beaches, town greens, camps, farmsteads, transport corridors, or old recreation grounds.
“According to TroveRadar, the North Carolina Musket Ball (1700s-1860s) is valued at $3-60+ depending on size and context and typically found at 2-8 inches depth. TroveRadar catalogs 1,230+ metal detecting finds across North America.”
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Signal Pattern
soft low-to-mid conductor with rounded audio
Typical Depth
2-8 inches
Estimated Value
$3-60+ depending on size and context
Common Regions
Cleaning & Preservation Tips
- ●rinse only
- ●do not file sprues or impact marks that aid identification
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