OLD coins and stuff how old were from and what time frame ???

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good 5 hr hunt today .. this coin looking thing with the hole in it . what is it and how old . over 5$ in clad and some other cool stuff . 4 1930 something wheat penny's ..a chuck E cheese token spill lol ..got me a silver on my last hole ! . nice way to end the day ..if you know what any of this stuff is pleas comment ...thanks for looking


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I'm stymied by that cartridge. The WRA is Winchester Repeating Arms co. but I don't know what the 17 signifies. It looks like a 30'-06 cartridge to me. Just don't know why it would be marked 17...
 

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The coin is a maravedi spanish coin.the one side that would tell the age is to rough a shape to tell in the pic.But I would guess early/mid 19th century.Also the size & weight would help.The one I'll post below is a 1839 8 maravedi.
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The design of the top left coin is also the same as a 1/4 real Mexican coin called a 2/4 2 Tiaco (KM #64) minted between 1814 and 1821 though the other side certainly favors 'timekillers' image versus the Mexican coin's image-which lacks a person's image.
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The cartridge I suspect is a blank, based on the crimp in the neck. Talon got the maker, but the 17 is actually the year of manufacture, 1917. Every major American ammo company got involved in the war effort and continued to use their own head stamps on the ammo they made for the military.
 

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Wow 1979 ! Thank you for the info
 

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