✅ SOLVED Curious Piece of Fluted Lead - Stumped!

[DCMetal]

Now that I've dug up just about every hard target in my yard, I've moved on to the deep, mixed signals-- it's exhausting!

Today I found, about 8" down, a very small piece of lead with a flat top, fluted base and a ring inside the cap. It's about the size of the tip of a pencil. I've find plenty of Civil War items in my yard, so I'm wondering if this is related or something to more modern times.

Thanks for looking!

 

[Daryn]

Looks like a pellet from a pellet gun that hit a tree.

 

[DizzyRose]

It's a lead pellet for an air powered gun. Looks like it's been shot at an angle into softish dirt or grassed area. Most likely a lawn.

 

[DCMetal]

Looks like a pellet from a pellet gun that hit a tree.

Do you have any idea what type of pellet gun?

 

[DCMetal]

It's a lead pellet for an air powered gun. Looks like it's been shot at an angle into softish dirt or grassed area. Most likely a lawn.

Thank! That was fast!

 

[jadocs]

Do you have any idea what type of pellet gun?

Any pellet gun that shoots a .177 pellet


They come in various styles now.