Todays firsts

[Missouri_John]

Today's firsts

I didnt find a whole lot, but i found some firsts. I scored my first V-Nickel, a 1912-D. If it had been a 1912-S it would have been worth a little money. Scored my first carved bullet, and possibly a 2nd one.


On the left is a perfect dropped .36 teardrop bullet, and on the left is one that was carved by a bored soldier

Here's a .69 caliber roundball possibly carved to look like a face. It could just be the buck and ball impressions, but it still looks cool and spooky

Then theres the mystery bullet on the right that i havent been able to identify yet. I used a .36 caliber colt pistol bullet to give it some scale. I put the right bullet on a micrometer and it came out to about .32 caliber. Any help identifying it would be appreciated

 

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[River Rat]

Re: Today's firsts

Those are neat, John. Congrats!

RR

 

[watercolor]

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Those are great looking bullets. . . that teardrop is nice!

 

[PACO]

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KEEP HITTING THE SITE , IF YOUR GETTING MUSKETBALLS. YOUR IN OLD SOIL. LOOK FOR THE POTTERY....PACO

 

[rebelLT]

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Nice bunch of lead there. I like those teardrop bullets. Suprising how many there actually are out there. I find one about every two years

 

[mastereagle22]

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Cool finds J. You really know how to find those bullets. I am glad for you, hope you keep finding em.

 

[Colonial KirkPA]

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Nice bullets, buddy.

 

[SgtSki in MI]

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Nice batch of lead. I've found a couple .32 bullets in a field near me but I never gave them much thought as being odd.

WTG,
SgtSki

 

[momule55]

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Great finds!!! If I may ask, are you hunting a "beat to death" site? My hunting pard and I have hunted
some worked out camps and have found that the MXT will find the small cal bullets and cuff buttons that others have skiped over. Do you get iffy signals that bounce between low iron and high tones? We find that we have to "milk" a signal to try to make it lock in. I dig everything that trys to give a high tone.

 

[Jack(IN)]

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Nice finds!! I enjoy finding those old bulletts and what you have there represents two years of finds for me!!

 

[Gypsy Heart]

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Congrats on your firsts! Looks like you are in a hot spot so keep digging!

 

[diggerfororo]

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Hi John:

Nice bunch of "stuff". Your "Puppy toe" 69 is fired buck and ball . I will get my bullet book out today and see if I can find your 32.

Keep on diggin

Les

 

[Baldingboy]

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Congrats John.....nice bunch of bullets there. That MXT loves those things doesn't it.

 

[MarkDz]

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Gotta love the old lead. I agree that the .69 caliber might have buckshot impressions on it, but those dings might also be from striking with the ramrod.

 

[Missouri_John]

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Momule, i've found mostly small calliber bullets at this site. I'm not sure if its just from the place being hunted out and other detectorists ignoring the smaller signals or rifles were banned fromthis place, lol. I've found a lot of stuff off "iffy" signals that have bounced around to the iron range

 

[tsgman]

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John, great finds as usual. I am finding new targets similar to MoMule with my MXT. I have had some good success hunting well worked areas and can go slow in the trasy areas and lock in a faint signal and dig some great stuff. Good luck diggin. Tim

 

[diggerfororo]

Re: Today's firsts

I looked your 32 cal bullet up in my book and it looks like a "31" cal Colt pistol. Hope this helps.

Les