Nearly Perfect Confederate Button and HUGE Bullet

[FoundInNC]

After mowing my yard I headed off to detect. The rain drove me home shortly, but I found two keepers before being driven out. I dug a Civil War transitional backmarked Bingham School button, (CSA Military Academy that trained many of the NC Junior Reserves 1861-1865). My other neat find was a huge bullet. I know nothing about it, other than the fact that it has no primer, it is painted red-white-blue, and it is 100% steel. It is pictured beside a 50BMG at the bottom. Thanks for reading, enjoy the pictures!

 

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[rbecker1967]

Nice find.

 

[Wildcat1750]

Awesome Confederate CW find!!!...and that's one huge shell!

 

[doc-d]

20mm

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds FoundInNC.

 

[reednc]

Brad, Congratulation on another nice Bingham School button for your collection. That is an enormous bullet.

 

[borlamm1]

Id call the bullet a 20 mil that has been demilled

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[Steve in Michigan]

Looks like a 50CAL round to me. Nice find.

 

[408_Dirt_Fisher]

Looks like a 20mm to me as well, nice find!

 

[SkyPirate]

looks like an anti aircraft shell.

 

[CoilyGirl]

Nice button and BIIIGGGG bullet!

 

[FoundInNC]

Turns out you guys were right! It is a World War II 20 mm dummy round! I took some sandpaper to the top and there it was, stamped into the top: CARTRIDGE DRILL 20MM
Thanks for the comments!

 

[JimDon]

Sweet button. Ive been wanting one of these for some time. Just can't get out to those kind of sites.

 

[JmCraz8]

Amazing button like it was dropped yesterday, congrats!!!

 

[Valley Ranger]

That's a beautiful button - nice!

 

[JohnnyRebCSA]

That button is gorgeous!!!! Congratulations on a wonderful find.

 

[jewelerguy]

super sweet button and really cool 20mm practice round