“WIRED” MUSKET SHOT FROM 17TH CENTURY SHIPWRECK

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Offered here is an unusual piece of very early small arms ammunition. This “wired” musket shot consists of two approximately .69 caliber lead musket balls connected by a nearly four-inch-long piece of copper wire. Initially the wire is coiled up between the two balls. Upon firing the whole piece elongates and produces a small arms version of the much-feared artillery “chain-shot.”

These were recovered from the wreck of the Genoese galleon Santo Christo de Castello which was sailing from Amsterdam to Genoa under Captain Lorenzo Vivano when it was wrecked. The ship was armed with 48 guns, some of which were bronze. The Santo Christo de Costello was wrecked in a gale in 1667 near the Lizard of Cornwall on her maiden voyage. The vessel took shelter from the gales in Mount’s Bay on October 5, 1667. After lying at anchor for two days, it was driven ashore at Mullion Cove. Most of the 120 people on board escaped in the ship’s boats, but 25 were drowned.

These remain in fine “excavated” condition. From the collection of author/publisher Dean Thomas. [JET][ph:L]

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