Down in the swamp today

[flatbutton]

Took a break from painting today and went to the site of an old mill that I used to hunt years ago. Didn't have much time, so I hunted the opposite side of the creek where the shortest section of the old mill dam is. Didn't find much, other than usual junk, some old iron, and a rather large military projectile. It's def. larger than a .50 cal. Oh yeah, I was swinging around the base of a large tree, looked up and saw that it had someones initials carved in it. thought it was pretty cool, so I took a pic of it. Thanks for looking, Bryant

 

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[Msbeepbeep]

Interesting finds! Congrats!

It's nice to see water that's not frozen.

 

[flatbutton]

Interesting finds! Congrats!

It's nice to see water that's not frozen.

Wasn't to bad today, made it to around 60 deg.

 

[cruiserkev]

Your projectile looks very much like a 25 mm. I have a dummy round from a Harrier that I just checked in my own hand for comparison. The projectile appears to be a match. HH

 

[flatbutton]

Oh yeah, if any of you guys have any idea about the large bullet,please let me know. It measures approx .830 at the brass band and 3& 3/8 in. long

 

[DigIron2]

that is one hell of a slug,pretty neat.I wonder what it was doing there?Are you close to a military base or something?

 

[flatbutton]

Your projectile looks very much like a 25 mm. I have a dummy round from a Harrier that I just checked in my own hand for comparison. The projectile appears to be a match. HH

I was hunting near MCAS Cherry Point. Lots of Harriers here. Thanks man!

 

[flatbutton]

that is one hell of a slug,pretty neat.I wonder what it was doing there?Are you close to a military base or something?

Yeah man, MCAS Cherry Point. It's not uncommon to find the .50 cal stuff around here, But that one kinda threw me for a loop. I started whacking it on my shovel, and then saw the the brass band on it. I thought to myself, "you dumb a**, This thing might be explosive"

 

[DigIron2]

Yeah man, MCAS Cherry Point. It's not uncommon to find the .50 cal stuff around here, But that one kinda threw me for a loop. I started whacking it on my shovel, and then saw the the brass band on it. I thought to myself, "you dumb a**, This thing might be explosive"

That's pretty wild,might have to be carefull digging around there,never know what you might come across.That sounds like a place that might have allot of rich history.

 

[Dug]

If it's 25mm, then it got corroded up fairly quick unless it was sitting in water. 25mm came about in the mid 80s, prior to that the Harriers flew twin British Aden 30mms.

 

[flatbutton]

If it's 25mm, then it got corroded up fairly quick unless it was sitting in water. 25mm came about in the mid 80s, prior to that the Harriers flew twin British Aden 30mms.

I don't know man, It was about 4 in. down. As eat up as it was, my initial thought was WW2 era. It was not down in the swamp, it was up on a sand ridge. All I know it's bigger than the .50s we find around here.

 

[cruiserkev]

Interesting, from the corrosion I would also assume it's older than the 80's. Might be that it's something else, WWII era maybe . Here are pics of my dummy in hand and a comparison to a .50 cal projectile I dug a few weeks ago. HH

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Very nice find!

 

[Dug]

I don't know man, It was about 4 in. down. As eat up as it was, my initial thought was WW2 era. It was not down in the swamp, it was up on a sand ridge. All I know it's bigger than the .50s we find around here.

Have you ruled out 20mm? Before Harriers, Cherry Point was home to A-4s which used 20mm.

 

[flatbutton]

Interesting, from the corrosion I would also assume it's older than the 80's. Might be that it's something else, WWII era maybe . Here are pics of my dummy in hand and a comparison to a .50 cal projectile I dug a few weeks ago. HH

Boy, that brings back memories! I was hunting with my Marine buddy ( now retired) and he found one similar to yours, totally whole and live! He called E.O.D. in, and they came out and removed it

 

[ivan salis]

20 mm is highly likely

 

[flatbutton]

Have you ruled out 20mm? Before Harriers, Cherry Point was home to A-4s which used 20mm.

Man I miss seeing the A-4s flying around here! Naw man, could be Vietnam era. Took another measurement. .830 at the brass band and 3.335 long. To crusty to get a decent dia. measurement on it other than the brass band