Two bucket listers in the middle of the woods...

[Vldetecting]

So today I went to an location that I'm on very often. Iv'e found coins from mid 1700's to early 2000's there. I'm trying to get proof that some people lived there back in the day while the people living there says the houses are from 1930's and all the people from the 1700 & 1800's was just "walking" there dropping stuff. It's was also used to hunt moose in the early 1900's. So I went out in the extremely thick forrest and got my first target an bullet casing, got another besides it, and another and a big target with 4 bullet casings that has been on an clip. And i looked at these bullet casings and realize that all of them have a wood top instead of a bullet... Each one isn't shot so then it clicked for me. All of them are wooden stuffed bullets, an uncommon find. There's still powder in them and one has a date 1941 so I don't know what they're used for but they're quite interesting:

Then I probably walked for another 1 and a half hour just finding trash until I came up on a strange copper signal, dug it, and got my first spoon (part of):

This is some small proof that someone lived in these woods a long time ago... (I think)

 

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[CAgem]

I believe your bullets are practice rounds.

 

[Steve in PA]

The spoon looks like mid 1800s

 

[CRUSADER]

''This is some small proof that someone lived in these woods a long time ago''

I'm afraid its not enough proof yet, these turn up everywhere miles from where people lived. Keep at though.

I have no idea why you would have wooden bullets?? Blank fire Practice?

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions!

 

[Javadroid]

You have very interesting finds here. I also admire your pursuit of history and relics to support your theories and the efforts to piece things together. That's the kind of thing I really enjoy in the hobby! Congrats!

 

[trapperart]

Congrats and good luck

 

[gunsil]

German mauser rifles used wooden bullets in their blank cartridges. Wood would disintegrate right out of the muzzle but without a "bullet" the cartridges would not work in a magazine.

 

[A2coins]

Congrats . Treasurer is great!!!!

 

[Nick Russell]

You said one bullet is stamped 1941. I'm betting they were World War II practice rounds or training blanks. I was a firearms instructor at West Point back in my Army days and we had some wooden bullets on display in the Army museum there.

 

[Vldetecting]

If that's the case idk how rare it is cause Sweden was never involved in World War 2...

 

[Relicific]

Keep on detecting those woods

 

[John85]

Very interesting finds... keep it up!