tnt-hunter
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I got out yesterday for another short hunt on the new bullet hill. It was a little disappointing. I bought I had a great source of civil war bullets and they were few and far between. The hill may have been detected before and I just got lucky and found a few hot spots last time.
I found a few modern bullets including a shotgun slug and a .22 in the top of the picture. At the bottom are 3 minie balls a .44 cal watervleit arsenal and a mangled roundball. An iron skeleton key and a silver plated Gerber baby spoon on the sides. In the center is a tiny mystery bullet and a piece of a mangled bullet that is unidentifiable.
The tiny bullet is a .30 caliber and is a half inch high. It Is unusual because of the tapered curve on the bottom and what looks like a spur base like some of the Sharps varieties. It has a dark outer layer that has partly peeled off and it still has a a nice white ozidized layer underneath. I have searched through the Thomas book and cannot find one like it. Has anyone seen one like it before? Any help with identification would be appreciated.
I also found a coal mine chit and a piece of broken pottery that I forgot about yesterday. I am visiting my daughter out of town so I had to photo without my usual scale sheet.
I have found a fair number of mine chits as the area I live in has a lot of coal mining. Many of the mines were small and so did not waste materials. This chit has a backwards 5 on the back with an upside down 1 beside it and 2 zeros over them. Looks like they were supposed to make a number 5 chit and goof so the crossed it out and fixed it on the other side. (Waste not want not)
For those of you not familiar with chits a miner would have a number of chits with his number on them. He placed one on the board at the mine entrance when he went to work so they knew he was in the mine (if there was a cave in they knew who to look for.). He also placed one on the hook on the side of a coal car he was working to fill. If more than one miner worked on the car they all put chits on the hook. The car was weighed and miners were paid by the amount of coal they dug.
Thanks for looking and may your coil lead you to good things.
I found a few modern bullets including a shotgun slug and a .22 in the top of the picture. At the bottom are 3 minie balls a .44 cal watervleit arsenal and a mangled roundball. An iron skeleton key and a silver plated Gerber baby spoon on the sides. In the center is a tiny mystery bullet and a piece of a mangled bullet that is unidentifiable.
The tiny bullet is a .30 caliber and is a half inch high. It Is unusual because of the tapered curve on the bottom and what looks like a spur base like some of the Sharps varieties. It has a dark outer layer that has partly peeled off and it still has a a nice white ozidized layer underneath. I have searched through the Thomas book and cannot find one like it. Has anyone seen one like it before? Any help with identification would be appreciated.
I also found a coal mine chit and a piece of broken pottery that I forgot about yesterday. I am visiting my daughter out of town so I had to photo without my usual scale sheet.
I have found a fair number of mine chits as the area I live in has a lot of coal mining. Many of the mines were small and so did not waste materials. This chit has a backwards 5 on the back with an upside down 1 beside it and 2 zeros over them. Looks like they were supposed to make a number 5 chit and goof so the crossed it out and fixed it on the other side. (Waste not want not)
For those of you not familiar with chits a miner would have a number of chits with his number on them. He placed one on the board at the mine entrance when he went to work so they knew he was in the mine (if there was a cave in they knew who to look for.). He also placed one on the hook on the side of a coal car he was working to fill. If more than one miner worked on the car they all put chits on the hook. The car was weighed and miners were paid by the amount of coal they dug.
Thanks for looking and may your coil lead you to good things.
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