This is a perfect example of a so-called “No-Ring” Gardner bullet. This is a large, .58 caliber Confederate Gardner bullet that features two faint grooves instead of the typical deep grooves.

This specimen has perfect white patina with no dings or dents. Recovered at Williamsport, Maryland, where the Confederate’s retreated back across the Potomac River from Gettysburg. Found by author/publisher Dean Thomas.

Frederick Gardner received Confederate patent #12 dated August 17, 1861, for his bullet and cartridge making machine.  The bullet was cast with a flange around the bullet.  To make the cartridge, paper was rolled around a plunger to form the powder cylinder and a bullet was placed in a hole in the base plate.  By using a foot peddle, the plunger (and paper cylinder) were lowered into the base of the bullet forcing it through the hole.  In this one motion, the flange was crimped around the paper cylinder and the bullet was swaged to the proper diameter.  The powder tube was then filled and its end folded in the usual manner.  The majority of Gardner bullets were made at the Richmond Laboratory.  These are nose cast bullets which account for many variations at the nose, depending on how the sprue was nipped.  [jet] [ph:L]

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