Depleted uranium bullet and others

[bblaha]

Was at the park Iv been hunting and I was just detecting in a clearing in the middle of the woods and kept finding bullets so I figured it was someone's shooting range at one point then I find an unknown object, it was extremely dense and was so heavy. I couldn't find out what it was, even the shape was odd. I went to target world the next day to pick up some 12 gage ammo and figured I would show the guy the object and see what he thought. After 30 seconds he said it was a depleted uranium tank busting round that would be shot out of a jet! He thought maybe someone who was in the military took one and just kept it in their ammo bag as a souvenir and then one day dropped it and didn't realize it. I tested it with a Geiger counter in my chemistry class and it's not radioactive so that ones going on the shelf for sure.

 

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[jewelerguy]

looks kinda small for blowing up tanks

 

[nsdq]

?? du round i wouldn't touch it ,,was there any dead veg around area you found it,, if it is a du rnd get rid of it

 

[TNGUNS]

The 30mm with D/U ammo is what the A-10 rips em with. May not look big but will sure do the damage. Not sure that is a 30mm but it may be. The Apache also deals out its share with them.

 

[Chips]

Wow wild find
Here's a link to wikipedia .. part way through it mentions
"the US Defense Department states DU used in US munitions has 60% the radioactivity of natural uranium."" Depleted uranium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ok I don't know how much that actually is in reality and weather its more or less than those household "smoke detectors" but,, I would be keen to find another Geiger counter too lol..

 

[Rhotel1]

DU - probably not

?? du round i wouldn't touch it ,,was there any dead veg around area you found it,, if it is a du rnd get rid of it

It is probably not DU, but even if it were, it would not kill vegetation. Uranium-238 is a very common elemental isotope. If all the claims about DU were true, the human race would be long extinct as would every other species on the planet. Every single reader of this thread consumes a fraction of a microgram of DU every day that they are alive. That's how common U-238 is. Write me at DUStory dash owner at yahoo groups dot com or just go to the group and learn more. I welcome correspondence so that I can provide some of the many facts I have learned in over seven years research into my deadly serious hobby.

The Wikipedia article on DU is dominantly written by anti-DU activists and contains a lot of inaccurate information. It does, however, show accurate picture of a 30mm DU penetrator - it is about the diameter of a dime - the rest of the 30mm diameter is filled with the aluminum shroud that protects the gun barrel from the intensely hard penetrator round. Many DU penetrators that were fired from the A10 still are within the shroud and the DU itself has not even been exposed to the environment.

 

[nsdq]

maybe i am just going off what i can remember from basic training , anyhow happy hunting an welcome to t-net

It is probably not DU, but even if it were, it would not kill vegetation. Uranium-238 is a very common elemental isotope. If all the claims about DU were true, the human race would be long extinct as would every other species on the planet. Every single reader of this thread consumes a fraction of a microgram of DU every day that they are alive. That's how common U-238 is. Write me at DUStory dash owner at yahoo groups dot com or just go to the group and learn more. I welcome correspondence so that I can provide some of the many facts I have learned in over seven years research into my deadly serious hobby.

The Wikipedia article on DU is dominantly written by anti-DU activists and contains a lot of inaccurate information. It does, however, show accurate picture of a 30mm DU penetrator - it is about the diameter of a dime - the rest of the 30mm diameter is filled with the aluminum shroud that protects the gun barrel from the intensely hard penetrator round. Many DU penetrators that were fired from the A10 still are within the shroud and the DU itself has not even been exposed to the environment.

 

[Gunrunner61]

I don't know anything about DU rounds ,Except that they do a number on Tanks, But I do know how big 30mm is,
A Kennedy Half is just over 30.5 mm. So just from looking I don't think you have a DU round. jmho

 

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[Jason in Enid]

Thats not DU. The guy you talked to was engaging in bovine scattegory.

 

[steelheadwill]

Thats not DU. The guy you talked to was engaging in bovine scattegory.

Nice collection of shells
gunrunner61 posted the correct pic of DU 30mm projectile.
Your item like part from a needle and seat type valve.

HH, Herbie.