BIGGEST BULLETS IVE EVER FOUND!!

BADDOG

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BIGGEST BULLETS I'VE EVER FOUND!!

For the good of the hobby I took one on the chin and went out for about an hour today. It was pretty chilly around 60, but I toughed it out for a bit. I went to a local school not far from home and found the stuff pictured below.
The 5 marks is a German coin dated 1989 D, does that mean we are minting their coins in Denver for them?? ;)
These 2 bullets were about 3 feet apart and are pretty big. They came up as quarter. Anyone know what they might be?

Merry Christmas to all

Good Luck and HH


Baddog
 

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You did good today Baddog!!!

Must be something about Florida..when I went on vacation there this summer the first thing I found on the beach was one of those bullets! :o

Very nice finds!! Thanks for the post!

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Cool finds!! HH :D
 

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Hey Baddog.....I see it was a cold 60 degrees today...Down in tampa!!!!! I hope you don't get frost Bite, have some HOT Soup it will warm you up...I went out yesterday and Plowed 10 inches of snow it was 5 degrees with the wind chill ,I was going to go detecting but decide to go Christmas Shopping instead...This weekend will be a heat wave the temp will be in the 30's? great weather to go detecting (no Bugs) ...Any way Have a great Holiday season and way to go all the die Hard Detectorists........ ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D? Seeker
 

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Hey baddog,nice find's....but how can 60 be chilly?50 cal........well gotta go and salt the driveway.HH and HHoliday's
 

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Nice finds. Sounds like this was a tuff school to attend. ;) Sure wish I could get some chilly 60 degree, it been in the low twenty's to forty's all day. Congrats on all your great finds. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year back to you.

Ken
 

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Trust me people I know how lucky I have it here, I was in Pittsburgh last week ?:P.
That's pretty cool those bullets are 50 cal machine gun, they were about 6 inches down.
Maybe there are some more around there.

Good Luck and HH and Stay Warm

Baddog
 

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Ditto! I found one in my front yard and an animated gif made from some frames of a bullet test:
 

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Here's you an idea... since those aren't rare, if you don't mind tearing it apart, the armor piercing rounds have a hardend core that makes a great mini center punch for drilling steel. Just a tip from the days of working in the machine shop.

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50 cals for sure,very common find here in Germany.Most fell from the sky from b 17 s or other bombers. I still keep all I dig! :) Happy Hunting. :)
 

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I would imagine that you could pick up the trail of the bullets, or casings because they would have had to fallen in a line.

Paul
 

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civilman1 said:
Hey baddog,nice find's....but how can 60 be chilly?50 cal........well gotta go and salt the driveway.HH and HHoliday's
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Ah Yes the Cool 60 degrees....

When I first moved to AZ (desert) I laughed at the people with winter coats on in 60 degree weather, but after spending some years there, the blood thinned and Burrrrr to anything under 70 degrees.... I moved back east, but chose FL just to stay warm! Love looking at the snow from a distance though! Warm thoughts for all of you!

Merry X-Mas 8)]
 

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