Saturdays dig found an old pistol or rifle shot

[dirtyJohn]

Hi All. Went out Saturday for a few hours to concentrate on the deep stuff and I found what appears to be an old pistol shot. I dont' know much about these so I posted it on the "What is it" part of the forum. The concensus seems to be that it is a pistol or rifle shot. This sucker was more that a foot down. I know it sounds improbable that something that deep would produce a signal but I was digging til I hit water.I lost two or three targets because I had to go so deep (up to my elbow) that I gave up because my sunray could pinpoint it and I only had my Lesche to dig with. I should have brought my shovel but I hate carring that thing through the park. I also found some clad and a "winchester new rival shell" which surprised me because I can't imagine there's been any hunting in this little park for a hundred years. I lived up to my TNET name on saturday, I was covered with mud. I must have scared the hell out of some of the people in the park when I came out of the woods looking like that. Well that's it, I hope to hook up with some of you guys soon to do some hunting. Later.

[dirtyJohn]

Oh by the way I posted the shot was 8" down on the "What is it forum" because I wanted an answer what it was and not questions about the depth. I've heard wet ground can increase the depth on a detector but my depth indicator only seems to read a certain maximum depth and no more.

[Lowbatts]

Hey Dirtyjohn, given that the shot has what appears to be multiple impacts that are circular, it might just be a piece of buckshot from a shotgun. I think the New Rival headstamp goes back to about 1904 but it might be a little earlier.

I've found many old .30-06 casings in and around towns, including live rounds that were almost as old as the one you found. It's been a popular cartridge ever since it's introduction. Check around some of the headstamp sites to see if you can get more info on it.

[dirtyJohn]

Thanks for your reply. Someone on another post said it might be buckshot. I wasn't sure beacause I thought it was to big to be buckshot but then again I'm used to modern day stuff. I found this headstamp on another sight but there wasn't to much info on dates. There was a 1912 new rival casing made but like you said it was a common shell.