I was detecting an area that had activity from as early as 1760. It is near the shore and I also pulled up some melted lead and a large rivet. I found 20+ hand forged wrought copper nails. The .58 caliber Civil War bullet was found along side the other musket balls, as was the underwear button. I placed the .58 caliber bullet next to the round balls for scale purposes.
The small domed (button) piece is 9 mm (no lettering…