1945 MERCURY S Plus a Few Extras. Love the E-Trac

[Marvin Lee]

On my first target today, I pulled out this 1945 Mercury Dime . I seem to be getting a bigger collection of water spickets! Cool! Scored a few buttons, one I believe is from WWI. And an old pocket knife. Got a couple of bullet casings from the ? Better not say. This Minelab Etrac is Sweet! It was a short hunt today, back to college tomorrow. I love the sidewalk art from 1908! Peace!

 

[CoilFisher]

Nice Dime!

How is the build on that etrac?

 

[Marvin Lee]

The build very well designed, I love the combine features and so much more.

 

[BosnMate]

Looks like you have a couple of bullet casings that date back to the Indian wars. They appear to be inside primed 45-70's, which were army issue. The one has no head stamp, so that dates it back to the 1870's. Custer's troops at the Little Big Horn used this type of cartridge, without a head stamp, in 1876; as well as the army chasing the Nez Perce in 1877 were also using cartridges like those without head stamps. I can't tell if your other cartridge has a head stamp, but if it does, that will tell the place of manufacture, and the date made. Both appear to be inside primed, and no head stamp makes them the earliest 45-70 cartridges manufactured. They were loaded with a 405 grain, .45 caliber bullet, and 70 grains of black powder.

 

[Marvin Lee]

I found those bullet casings deep about 6 -8 inches at Fort Boise. The info you provided is indicitative of the time period of Fort Boise.
The only problem is I dont think I can go back to that spot for more. Hazards and live Ammo! Plus it's still an acitve Military base! Way Cool!

 

[kevkirki]

very cool!!

 

[tomjiggy]

I'd say you can check with the Garrison Commander(or one of his aides) for permission to continue hunting on that particular post. You might not want to hunt in that area due to live ammo, but if one area of the camp dates back that far, most likely the original bounderies are the same. Check with the post library for more history(the military is very proud of their history), they will put it out front for everyone to view. Gotta love the military for local history lessons You might even find a few CW buckles if you look hard enough.