Is this old?

[vabeach31]

I was metal detecting down at the beach a couple of days ago and found this in the sand. Is it old or is it new?

 

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[NHBandit]

Modern. Looks military since it has a full metal jacket. Measuring it with Vernier calipers, micrometer, etc would tell the caliber. If I had to guess I would say it's from a .308 or a .30/06 but it could be anything.

 

[vabeach31]

Well thanks, it's the first bullet that I've found.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Jacketed boat tail spitzer is post 1901 to today. In that area somewhere.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

For anybody here who doesn't already know:
The term "boat-tailed" in regard to projectiles means its rearward portion tapers down as it approaches the flat base (like the back end of a boat does), instead of being cylindrical from its middle to its base. The tapering "tail" produced better performance. The famous British projectile-designer Sir Joseph Whitworth applied that principle to his artillery projectiles in the early-1860s... but it wasn't applied to bullets until the very-early 20th-Century. Here's a photo of a "boat-tailed" copper-jacketed World War 2 Browning .50-caliber Machine-Gun bullet, which is very similar in form to VAbeach31's bullet, but a larger caliber than his.

 

[Old Dude]

Bullets are fun to find. I am sure this won't be your last. It never ceases to amaze me where we find them. Good luck in your hunts.

 

[CRUSADER]

Looks like a .303 round to me.