This look like a bullet hole to you??

[doublet2a]

Found close to old RR tracks
Only writing I can find is the # 74 on the shackle part
Made of brass, appox. 2 & 1/4 In, tall
Could this be an old train robbery victim


Tim

 

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[NGE]

Hey Monty...... Have you ever shot the bejeezus out of car windshields and backlight glasses, and ever gotten a single spark out of that glass? Thought so, neither have I. Just my observations....NGE

 

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[woody50]

Don't worry woody, I do the same type of things just out of curiosity, ie: me shooting up the "bullet proof" vest. I've even tried to shoot holes in coins like they do in the old westerns, and couldn't get any modern handgun to penetrate the half dollars. And I lost a few coins that went flying of into the weeds and grass! Not one handgun would put a hole in a half dollar! A .44 mag bent the coin double but didn't knock a hole in it. Rifles were much like the locks you shot, went right through the coin easily. So, what does all that prove? Nothing I guess, but it's interesting. Monty

I am just like Bobby Mcferrin, my motto in life is "Don't worry, be happy". Almost everything in my life has been great, I don't have an complaints!

Monty, I think if you ever want to really shoot a hole in a coin you would have to mount the coin all around so that it could NOT come loose, say in a special sort of vice. Then shoot. That should do the trick if you don't hit the vice!

I got something interesting for you Monty, ever heard about shrinking coins? Never found one in the field The are shrunk using capacitors to store around 100,000 amperes, and when discharging can induce a short pulse of energy of up to 5 billion amperes into a single wire magnetic coil. Inside the coil is the coin. Because of induction a huge circulating current is induced within the coin, which shrinks more on the outer edges than in the middle. Here a couple of photos of shrunken coins. If you want more information see http://capturedlightning.com/frames/shrinkergallery.html
Here are some examples, have fun looking!

 

[The.Boomer]

No one seems to be taking into account that this could have been from a mid eighteen hundred hand gun. They were quite often of a 44/45 caliber but DIY reloading was very common even back then. That said I don't think anyone will ever be able to say one way or the other as to what actually happened to this lock. So when showing the grand kids and telling them the story I see here. I would envision the railroad robbery and the shooting a lock from the secured car where the nervous clerk held sway over a safe containing the payroll for such n such company. Live it up enjoy the possibilities, give the grandkids a story that'll have some real excitement and the hand held proof to believe it may be true !

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Maybe Woody or someone could test shoot a brass lock.

 

[NGE]

And remember Boomer that this is where treasure tales come in to play. I envision some poor guy, 50 years from now, trying to figure out if this tale is true or not..... But, we know that it is just that, an interesting tale. picture a young teenager saying to his hunting partners; " My grandpa used to tell me a story about a great train robbery "..............NGE

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

That said I don't think anyone will ever be able to say one way or the other as to what actually happened to this lock. So when showing the grand kids and telling them the story I see here. I would envision the railroad robbery and the shooting a lock from the secured car where the nervous clerk held sway over a safe containing the payroll for such n such company. Live it up enjoy the possibilities, give the grandkids a story that'll have some real excitement and the hand held proof to believe it may be true !

shame shame on you.

 

[The.Boomer]

And remember Boomer that this is where treasure tales come in to play. I envision some poor guy, 50 years from now, trying to figure out if this tale is true or not..... But, we know that it is just that, an interesting tale. picture a young teenager saying to his hunting partners; " My grandpa used to tell me a story about a great train robbery "..............NGE

I got no problem with that, if it wasn't for poor research a lot of guys on here would be playing golf on the week ends.

 

[Monty]

I would find it very ldifficult to divide my time between metal detecting, the shooting sports and golf. I do or have done them all. And I am known to switch back and forth from time to time if I get bored with one of them. Luckily or unluckily I can't play golf anymore because of a back injury. And I missed it a lot. And since my eyes aren't near as good as they were 20 years ago I have trouble shooting competatively. So, I looked around for something I could do as well as the next guy and found metal detecting. As long as I can still get up and down I'll pursue it. I love the history of objects found and the wonder of imagining what got them were I found them, who last touched them , etc. I have met a lot of nice people I otherwise would never have known too. And I get to while away my spare time on tnet trying to figure out topics like the one at hand. Not a bad situation at all. M nty

 

[tabdog]

I think it was shot with a bullet.

About locks being opened with a gun?

Why not do it the old fashion way?

I have hit several with a hammer.

They always just pop right open.

That does not include special locks that prevent
someone from doing that.

Happy Hunting,

Tabdog

 

[NGE]

I don't want anyone getting me wrong on this subject, I was just saying that this is what makes someone in the present or future, go on a wild goose chase. Many stories are made of this type of embelishment, it is good for the imagination, it is mental excercise, keeps the gray matter functioning, and possibly giving meaning to the life expectancy of a R.R. padlock. Heck, I have been known to explain to my young nephews (while on a trip to Colorado) How those big orange basketballs got up into the high power wires . But, my Bro-in-law quashed me right away. He said I shouldn't be B.S.'ing them boys like that . So, Boomer.... you just go right on ahead and tell those grandkids whatever you want about the hole in that lock, I'll never tell them different.........NGE

 

[Monty]

Notgettinnonenowaynohow, I would hate to have to try to explain your avatar to my grandkids. That two legged horse is the craziest thing I have seen in awhile! You can't help but stare at it and wonder what the heck? Looks like someone bred a quarter horse to an ostrich. Or perhaps the horse broke a leg in a previous race and a little plastic surgery fixed him right up? M nty

 

[NGE]

Monty, that is the best explanation I have ever seen about my avatar. All I can say is " I iknow I didn't create it " it may have something to do with all that stem cell research and cloning that I keep hearing all the controversy about, if this be the results, then I am voting NO on it! Can you imagine what would come of this type of research if they developed a Super MD'er? One arm would be replaced with a detector and the other would be a digger, and the gray matter would be replaced with a super processor, the eyes would be digitally enhanced into ground penetrating radar, and the hands would be the means of recharging the batteries located in the nether region.. .Heaven forbid!......NGE Just keep the imagination alive and we will all be the better for it .........NGE