Well, after sitting out for a couple weeks due to weather, we had some 42 degree weather this past Sunday. I decided to go to a park just down the road from me. I've posted finds from it before, mostly calling it the "button park". I've found a section where I think the town used to celebrate and had people in uniforms marching.
This time since the landscaped part of this part was basically frozen, I decided to hit t a trail from it that winds through a portion of that park that is in the woods/swamp/stream. I made my way from the near end, detecting as I walked over this up hill section near where I found a merc one of my last times out here. That's where I picked up the wheaties all within 2 feet of each other. Let me tell you sticking my digger through the 1+ inch of frozen ground was a pain. I maybe dug 5 targets and decided hitting the trail in the woods was where all the easy digging would be.
So I hit the trail, the beginning of which all the way up to a picnic table I had scouted out and detecting a little bit before. I found a 70's pocket spill right on the path. I criss crossed the path mostly staying on it or to the down hill side which basically turns into a marsh/swamp, and then a stream. This section up to the picnic table must be where kids like to play because I found the 3 match box toys in some muck at various points. I also found the nickel and the quarter in this section.
I decided to push on and start getting to the "unexplored" section. I started to get tons of hits about 50 feet from what looks like an old stone foundation. The targets were on both sides of the trail, very shallow. They all turned out to be a ton of various sized bullets. I couldn't walk more than a couple feet without getting another hit. On the right side of the trail is a very steep hill, and on the left, as I mentioned is a swampy marshy area up to a stream that had a ton of mills on it. Past the stream another 300 yards are all of the main street buildings of the town dating back to the 1700's. I believe at some point behind one of these old buildings they were shooting in this direction at the hill for target practice. I could have spent the whole day and not exhaust the targets. I basically dectected the area in wide patterns to try and find the size of the firing range impact zone. I also found the old dog tax license in this area too.
So, they looked like old civil war era bullets when I was digging them out, especially the big ones. On closer inspection, they don't look like the ones I see posted by others. These are solid, while the Civil War era ones seem to be hollow on the bottom.
Can anyone date these bullets? About when were they fired? I'm curious.
Thanks for looking,
Jai
This time since the landscaped part of this part was basically frozen, I decided to hit t a trail from it that winds through a portion of that park that is in the woods/swamp/stream. I made my way from the near end, detecting as I walked over this up hill section near where I found a merc one of my last times out here. That's where I picked up the wheaties all within 2 feet of each other. Let me tell you sticking my digger through the 1+ inch of frozen ground was a pain. I maybe dug 5 targets and decided hitting the trail in the woods was where all the easy digging would be.
So I hit the trail, the beginning of which all the way up to a picnic table I had scouted out and detecting a little bit before. I found a 70's pocket spill right on the path. I criss crossed the path mostly staying on it or to the down hill side which basically turns into a marsh/swamp, and then a stream. This section up to the picnic table must be where kids like to play because I found the 3 match box toys in some muck at various points. I also found the nickel and the quarter in this section.
I decided to push on and start getting to the "unexplored" section. I started to get tons of hits about 50 feet from what looks like an old stone foundation. The targets were on both sides of the trail, very shallow. They all turned out to be a ton of various sized bullets. I couldn't walk more than a couple feet without getting another hit. On the right side of the trail is a very steep hill, and on the left, as I mentioned is a swampy marshy area up to a stream that had a ton of mills on it. Past the stream another 300 yards are all of the main street buildings of the town dating back to the 1700's. I believe at some point behind one of these old buildings they were shooting in this direction at the hill for target practice. I could have spent the whole day and not exhaust the targets. I basically dectected the area in wide patterns to try and find the size of the firing range impact zone. I also found the old dog tax license in this area too.
So, they looked like old civil war era bullets when I was digging them out, especially the big ones. On closer inspection, they don't look like the ones I see posted by others. These are solid, while the Civil War era ones seem to be hollow on the bottom.
Can anyone date these bullets? About when were they fired? I'm curious.
Thanks for looking,
Jai