Treasure hunting overseas

[kevind13]

Just a question - hypothetically, if I were to do some MD'ing overseas and found old bullets and such (not explosives), are you able to bring it back to North America? If so, how?

 

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[Crow]

empty bullet casings? Or unexpended bullets?

Crow

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Probably not on your carry-on luggage. I mean, since they are weapons/gunpowder related. Sheesk, you can't even have nail-clippers in your onboard. Eh? But for your "checked" luggage, I bet simple individual bullets are not an issue. Maybe only if it were a giant parrot shell or something, ha!

If you're still really worried, here's another tip to getting stuff back to the USA from over-seas: A buddy of mine , as a tourist in the middle east countries, did this to bring back some coins (long story). You simply go to ANY vendor, who deals with tourists. And whatever you buy (a lamp, a rug, a painting, etc...) it's not unusual to tell the merchant/proprietor: "ship this to my address in the USA". And those sellers have routine channels set up to ship things to customers overseas. And then you merely say "oh, and please put this box in the same shipping package...."

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

If only a few spent casings I would do my checked baggage as an ex ray would show they had no lead or powder. I would never carry them on me or in my carry-on luggage... If it is a lot of spent shells ship them.