Today's Finds 10-5-2023

[sibbley]

Went out to one of our parks with two ponds after work for an hour or so. I wanted to swing around the spring house. Thought it might be a good area.



Didn't find much, only a bit of a small petal bell.



Went down to the pond by a large pine tree. Thought all I'd get were fishing lures. To My surprise, I found 4 bullets, two dimes, two sinkers, a lure, some type of small pully, and a couple other trash items.



The bullets, I measured their diameter.



Dimes and small pully.



On the way in, my wife found a multi-tool. She didn't even have a metal detector! Someone must have dropped it recently, looks new.



Thanks for looking...

 

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[Back-of-the-boat]

I don't think your bullets are actually bullets, but instead are bullet style fishing weights. Check if there is a small hole going all the way through them. I also dont see rifling marks or crimp marks from the casing. I could be wrong but I am a fisherman and hunter and they look more like weights.

 

[Digger RJ]

Went out to one of our parks with two ponds after work for an hour or so. I wanted to swing around the spring house. Thought it might be a good area.

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Didn't find much, only a bit of a small petal bell.

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Went down to the pond by a large pine tree. Thought all I'd get were fishing lures. To My surprise, I found 4 bullets, two dimes, two sinkers, a lure, some type of small pully, and a couple other trash items.

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The bullets, I measured their diameter.

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Dimes and small pully.

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On the way in, my wife found a multi-tool. She didn't even have a metal detector! Someone must have dropped it recently, looks new.

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Thanks for looking...

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

I do see rifling on the first one after looking closer but the others still look like bullet weights. Nice score on the multi-tool.

 

[sibbley]

I don't think your bullets are actually bullets, but instead are bullet style fishing weights. Check if there is a small hole going all the way through them. I also dont see rifling marks or crimp marks from the casing. I could be wrong but I am a fisherman and hunter and they look more like weights.

There are no holes all the way through. Just a dimple at the top and bottom. They are missing the taper at the bottom too, they look like muzzleloader bullets. Which makes sense to me with the smaller .30 being coated. I have a box of those for my muzzleloader. They are plastic coated with no need for a sabot.

I don't think any of them were fired. The one that looks like it has rifle marks in just dinged. More like tooth marks.

But, the sizes are strange. Never saw a .38 muzzleloader. Or .35 for that matter. Maybe they make them, I never looked. I do own a .50 and .30. Both modern muzzleloaders.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Nice finds !

 

[sibbley]

After soaking all day, I was able to see holes all the way through. So they are bullet weights. Neat!

 

[Kona Koma]

Went out to one of our parks with two ponds after work for an hour or so. I wanted to swing around the spring house. Thought it might be a good area.

View attachment 2108351View attachment 2108352

Didn't find much, only a bit of a small petal bell.

View attachment 2108353

Went down to the pond by a large pine tree. Thought all I'd get were fishing lures. To My surprise, I found 4 bullets, two dimes, two sinkers, a lure, some type of small pully, and a couple other trash items.

View attachment 2108354

The bullets, I measured their diameter.

View attachment 2108355

Dimes and small pully.

View attachment 2108356View attachment 2108357

On the way in, my wife found a multi-tool. She didn't even have a metal detector! Someone must have dropped it recently, looks new.

View attachment 2108358View attachment 2108359

Thanks for looking...

A great day of hunting. Good job.