First Day out with the Blisstool, Need help ID Bullet. Thanks

[ncdigger]

Well I got to say I was very in pressed with this detector. When I put the detector together it felt like a toy.....Boy was I wrong!! This place has been pounded for over 40 years. I'm just amazed..I'm thinking how much better this thing will be once I have more time with her. The TDI Pro will now be my back up...until the hunts at DIV...
Can some one help me ID the bullet in the photos...It's obout 1 3/16 inch long, but it was properly longer before it was shot. I compared it with some infields it's longer then them but skinner than the infields. I been hunting since 1977 and never found something like this.

 

[jimmyk]

Has it been shot, or carved? Hard to tell by looking at a picture. Good job with your first time out. Why not use it at the DIV?

jimmyk in Missouri

 

[ncdigger]

Jimmy have you been to a DIV in Culpeper Va.? Wow that red dirt is so hot........Just not sure that the blisstool would see through the iron, or get very deep in that red dirt. It would be nice if it would....The bullet looks like it's been shot. Thanks for all you help!
Jeff

 

[Richard@BackwoodsDetectors]

[size=large][/size] Excellent job with the Blisstool. It only gets better.. You may have found a Confederate Whitworth. They are one of the longest used.. Richard

 

[Barry NY]

hello ncdigger. i don't think you saw the video or read the reports about the Blisstool from this past fall DIV. Here is some video:

culpeper 1

culpeper 2

Also - I posted a report from DIV earlier in this forum...

Jimmy have you been to a DIV in Culpeper Va.? Wow that red dirt is so hot........Just not sure that the blisstool would see through the iron, or get very deep in that red dirt. It would be nice if it would....The bullet looks like it's been shot. Thanks for all you help!
Jeff

 

[Tennrebel]

Looks like a shot Confederate Enfield to me. But I'll look at my perjectile book and see if I can come up with it. What is the diameter. It does look smaller than a regular Enfield.

 

[jimmyk]

I watched these videos, and others and noticed it sounds like the signal is breaking up, some. I dug a ton of those kind of signals and found NO good targets. My ground is fairly good, so I'm wondering if the bad ground causes some falsing. Any thoughts?

jimmyk in Missouri

 

[Barry NY]

jimmyk - if you get any breaking up when checking the signal in different directions - odds are it's NOT a good target.

The Blisstool is not an "iffy" type of detector - it's 95% of the time a good target or not. It's takes some tone memory to learn - but once you know the sweet sound - you eliminate almost all the iron stuff...

 

[jimmyk]

i agree, Barry, but those videos show the signals in the red clay as having a double blip. My experience has been double blips are bad...solid signals are good. When I get a good signal, I do a compelete 360 degree circle around it. I've dug a lot of "almost good" signals in hopes of a good target. NONE were good. Even the double blips. So, when I see a video like from the DIV, I have to assume either it's thier terrible bad ground, or I'm missing good targets.

jimmyk in Missouri

 

[ncdigger]

I got double blip on almost all of the lead shots and shotgun shells. The only solid blip I got all day was the brass key and the button back, The three bullets I found were rough signals..But remember this was my first time out with the detector and I was using manual ground balance. Only found one little bent nail, no other iron...

 

[Richard@BackwoodsDetectors]

[size=large]I have found that double blips are usually bad targets unless the target in shallow. Shallow targets(surface to 2" or so) will sound that way with a lot of different detectors. I raise the coil a few inches and recheck the target and sometimes the audio will be more definitive.Too, correct ground balancing is a necessity since ground mineralization is part of the equation in the math the detector uses in arriving at an audio response. Best to all, Richard[/size]

[size=large] Backwoods Detectors
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[Barry NY]

Richard - shallow targets definitely could give a double beep.
If the target has no scratching or spitting - always worth investigating..

 

[cedarswamp]

I believe your holding a paper patch bullet not much trace of rifling because the paper rides the bore then shreds leaving the bullet with expanded rear engages the groves.Used by the buffalo hunters and how they dealt with leading problems in there sharps rifles.I use them in my single shot 45-70 original ,,,,,,,,,CEDAR