Silver and Bullet with Teeth Marks

SPONNIE73 · Jul 23, 2010

I spent an hour scouting a new location for civil war relics. It’s in the woods so the shade is nice but between the heat, undergrowth, and poison ivy it can wear you out. Finds were few and far between but the area has potential. Found a bullet with teeth marks, part of a horse shoe, and a 1923 merc. I need to spend a little more time in this area. Thanks for looking.

God Bless
Mike

DanRiverMan · Jul 23, 2010

And thus the phrase "bite the bullet" is born...

Good luck on your future hunts there

teleman 2525 · Jul 23, 2010

nice mercury dime cool bullet

Tennessee Treasure Hunter · Jul 23, 2010

really cool finds!!

colorado14ers · Jul 23, 2010

silver, lead, and iron good combo! great finds!!!! :icon_thumright:

njnydigger · Jul 23, 2010

Very nice finds :thumbsup:

Possible explanation on the bullet...

Back before the times of anesthetics, pain killers & modern medicine, if a soldier was wounded in combat and needed surgery, they normally gave him a few shots (down the throat) of whiskey or some other strong alcohol to help dull the senses. Many times, the soldiers were then told to bite down on a bullet to help deal with what would have been brutally, excruciating pain - thus leaving bite marks on the ammo.

Don't know if that's the story on YOUR bullet obviously, but, it's a good possibility.

Keep at it :icon_sunny:

allen · Jul 23, 2010

you can only imagine the pain of that CW soldier
and if the wound didnt kill him, lead poisoning could ! :dontknow:

jb58 · Jul 23, 2010

njnydigger said:
Very nice finds Possible explanation on the bullet...

Back before the times of anesthetics, pain killers & modern medicine, if a soldier was wounded in combat and needed surgery, they normally gave him a few shots (down the throat) of whiskey or some other strong alcohol to help dull the senses. Many times, the soldiers were then told to bite down on a bullet to help deal with what would have been brutally, excruciating pain - thus leaving bite marks on the ammo.

Don't know if that's the story on YOUR bullet obviously, but, it's a good possibility.

Keep at it

never knew that! probally bit the bullet to have one removed! :icon_scratch:

Silver Searcher · Jul 23, 2010

njnydigger said:
Very nice finds Possible explanation on the bullet...

Back before the times of anesthetics, pain killers & modern medicine, if a soldier was wounded in combat and needed surgery, they normally gave him a few shots (down the throat) of whiskey or some other strong alcohol to help dull the senses. Many times, the soldiers were then told to bite down on a bullet to help deal with what would have been brutally, excruciating pain - thus leaving bite marks on the ammo.

Don't know if that's the story on YOUR bullet obviously, but, it's a good possibility.

Keep at it

We had a long debate on here before about Bitting the bullet $:-\$ it seems that animals also chew on them in the wild, being attracted by the grease from the barrell of the gun :dontknow:

...anyway a great days digging :thumbsup:

SS