✅ SOLVED Melted in a fire pit?

[snaps]

Hi everybody, or were they laying on a rock near the camp fire an got too hot an merged? You'd think they would have blackened in a fire pit? Thanks for looking snaps

 

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[TheCannonballGuy]

Snaps asked:
> "You'd think they would have blackened in a fire pit?"

Looks like you've got some fire-melted civl war bullets. Lead doesn't "blacken," even in a fire. However, when in molten form it can trap black ashes and small bits of charcoal. BUT... if the melted lead cooled back to solid form before the red-hot coals turned to ash, nothing gets trapped in the lead. See the photo below for an example.

My thanks go to Parsonwalker for the well-focused closeup photo of the firemelted 3-groove Minie bullet he dug.

 

[snaps]

Thanks Cannonball, nice bullet your friend dug( looks like he's got a steady hand and a real camera(jealous)
Happy Hunting!

 

[Davers]

Hi everybody, or were they laying on a rock near the camp fire an got too hot an merged? You'd think they would have blackened in a fire pit? Thanks for looking snaps

There def,looks to be the remains of a bullet in there.
Thanks for the picture.