Unfired shotgun shell?

Ninjafossils · Jan 13, 2013

Found this object in my front yard. It has a green patina indicating some amount of copper composition. It looks like an unfired shotgun shell, but maybe I'm totally off and it is a bolt or something. Also, if it is a shell, is it dangerous?

HutSiteDigger · Jan 14, 2013

hehe im just gonna sit back and see who gonna get this :laughing7:

smokeythecat · Jan 14, 2013

Good observations. Lynch pins (did I spell that right) usually have a hole in the other end to put a pin through to keep them from coming out. A lot of time they are also tapened on one end to get them started through the hitch or area to be fastened easier. I thought it might be filled with something. Can't really tell what it is.

Stegner · Jan 14, 2013

But do you think its solid?

nsdq · Jan 14, 2013

lawn or small tractor hitch pin

Gunrunner61 · Jan 15, 2013

Some type of SOLID metal PIN!!!!.....................HH

worldtalker · Jan 15, 2013

Bigcypresshunter said:
a rivet?

Isn't that what a bullfrog says

GodBless Chris

Bigcypresshunter · Jan 15, 2013

solid, dense and heavy rivet

Ninjafossils · Jan 15, 2013

Thanks for all the replies. I just so happened to find a shell today metal detecting the same spot. The first object is NOT a shell.

kuger · Jan 15, 2013

You have some harsh soil!!!!

Hangtown · Jan 15, 2013

Ninjafossils said:
but is it a round, and is it dangerous?

taking a hammer to it should answer that.

Roger Mn. · Jan 15, 2013

The last picture looks like a ignition switch from a car.

The first pic looks like a lipstick tube that you thought was a bullet. Can you help us figure out what it is by showing it to your friends.

If I had it I would take two pliers and clamp the big end and put the other pliers in the middle and twist it. Or the hammer trick in the middle will tell us it's hollow inside.
roger