Bullet in a nutshell

[flyadive]

Found this bullet inside a stone type shell !
It's roughly 38 or 40 caliber.
How did it get inside?
Could it have been a casualty of war where the body encased it naturally

 

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[parsonwalker]

Did you find it like this, or have to crack it open? Is the material around it wood, or iron? Will it attract a magnet? It LOOKS iron. If it's wood, I would say the rest of the piece of wood rotted away, leaving a small amount around it (Common when finding CW bullets in wood) The key is going to be, what's that outter shell made of?? What a curiosity!

 

[flyadive]

Did you find it like this, or have to crack it open? Is the material around it wood, or iron? Will it attract a magnet? It LOOKS iron. If it's wood, I would say the rest of the piece of wood rotted away, leaving a small amount around it (Common when finding CW bullets in wood) The key is going to be, what's that outter shell made of?? What a curiosity!

I found it that way, a magnet will not stick to it but I have a homemade magnetometer that will deflect towards it. It looks ironish to me too but feels like concrete? It looks like it was incased totally at one time, the open part of it looks broken away.??

 

[BosnMate]

Bump, I want to know if someone figures this one out. Darn sure interesting.

 

[parsonwalker]

Bump, I want to know if someone figures this one out. Darn sure interesting.

Yeah. I'm completely flummoxed. I cannot think of a plausible explanation.

 

[longcut]

I know this is a stretch .................. but could that shell be part of the mold the bullet was made in ??

 

[parsonwalker]

I know this is a stretch .................. but could that shell be part of the mold the bullet was made in ??

Yeah, but it apparently is NOT iron. And it sure isn't brass. Plausible theory otherwise . . .

 

[flyadive]

I know this is a stretch .................. but could that shell be part of the mold the bullet was made in ??

I thought about that also and... Well you would have to break the mold to retrieve the bullet??
And it does seem somewhat fragile?

Would bone harden like petrified wood?
Would your body Attack a foreign object- encapsulating and fossilize over time?

 

[longcut]

time for forensics on a sliver of the shell ................. we can guess till our feet hurt

 

[Breezie]

It looks like a petrified peach pit to me that someone carved and placed the bullet inside. People have carved peach pits for centuries, so this could be some type of Civil War trench art.

Interesting find
Breezie

 

[parsonwalker]

time for forensics on a sliver of the shell ................. we can guess till our feet hurt

Yup.

 

[Davers]

Hmmmmmmm.....

 

[flyadive]

I went back to the spot where I found the shelled bullet, found other similar objects! Now I think it's just slag or discarded concrete!
Oh well!
Thanks for all your help!
HH

 

[Breezie]

I went back to the spot where I found the shelled bullet, found other similar objects! Now I think it's just slag or discarded concrete!
Oh well!
Thanks for all your help!
HH

Whether it is slag, discarded concrete, or whatever, it still doesn't explain how the CW bullet got inside. Either someone put it there or it was shot into the 'housing.' I'm calling it a housing because I don't what it is. I think the best thing to do is find out what those pieces are. Natural concrete has been around for millions of years when oil shale burned naturally into limestone, but concrete as we know it was patented in 1867. Portland cement was patented in 1824. With that being said, it's a possibility the bullet was fired into the housing; that is, if the housing is concrete.

Have you asked the Cannonball Guy since he is an expert on CW bullets?

Just my thoughts
Breezie


Breezie

 

[releventchair]

Could dry clay wrap an object when rewetted? A riverine area could see it tumbled then buried in sediment after during high water period maybe. Or man with machines.

 

[flyadive]

Whether it is slag, discarded concrete, or whatever, it still doesn't explain how the CW bullet got inside. Either someone put it there or it was shot into the 'housing.' I'm calling it a housing because I don't what it is. I think the best thing to do is find out what those pieces are. Natural concrete has been around for millions of years when oil shale burned naturally into limestone, but concrete as we know it was patented in 1867. Portland cement was patented in 1824. With that being said, it's a possibility the bullet was fired into the housing; that is, if the housing is concrete. Have you asked the Cannonball Guy since he is an expert on CW bullets? Just my thoughts Breezie Breezie

Breezie; I'm also going by everything I've found at this spot, countless bullet from hand guns and rifles! Lots and lots of them along with wheat pennies and war nickels, everything dates from 1940+ or minus a few. Also some religious metals that have dates of 1830 but all three that I've found had 1830 on them so I think that is just a Patent year? And 2 buffalo nickels too!
I have seen much larger pieces of that rusty concrete, the area seems to have been backfill from another place to keep the bank from eroding.
This was only two hunts @ 3 hours











These two nickels and two pennies have bee shot!
I only kept two of the bullets, the patina on the other bullets were not old enough in my a opinion. ( not white)

 

[mirage83]

On a casual glance I'm uncertain whether that's a CW-era bullet or not. I'm inclined to say it's not based on what little of it we can see inside it's cocoon.

 

[gunsil]

Whether it is slag, discarded concrete, or whatever, it still doesn't explain how the CW bullet got inside. Either someone put it there or it was shot into the 'housing.' I'm calling it a housing because I don't what it is. I think the best thing to do is find out what those pieces are. Natural concrete has been around for millions of years when oil shale burned naturally into limestone, but concrete as we know it was patented in 1867. Portland cement was patented in 1824. With that being said, it's a possibility the bullet was fired into the housing; that is, if the housing is concrete.



Have you asked the Cannonball Guy since he is an expert on CW bullets?

Just my thoughts
Breezie


Breezie

Who said it was a CW bullet?? It takes MILLIONS of years for anything to become "petrified" or fossilized. If a bullet is fired into concrete it goes splat and is deformed. The stuff surrounding the slug looks like common iron/sand concretions often found on beaches. Flya, is this a beach find??