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Tuesday I was able to get out to a spot I've been scouting. Now, normally, I'm a coinshooter, but when I found these two goodies, I knew I might have something older on my hands.
I only had 50 minutes to search before I had to go to work. In the last ten minutes, I got a Square Tab signal the indicated about 5 - 6" down. When I opened the hole, I saw a fired cartridge. I started brushing it off, and was surprised to see that I had a rimfire cartridge. It measures 6.9mm in diameter and 28.2mm in length, with a "US" headstamp. This works out to about a .27 or .271 caliber, if there is such a thing. Of course, it could just be a 7mm rifle round. Does anyone know if 7mm rounds are rimfire? Also, with the "US" headstamp, could it be an older military round?
A few feet later, I got the smashed up bullet. I can't really tell what kind or caliber it is, as I can't tell which end is which.
The spot I found I found these at is a city park, but the area has history going back about 150 years. The baseball field I found them at is obviously bulldozed, and I'm sure the dirt has been turned over a lot, heck, it could even be fill dirt, as I'm finding lots of bits of clay everywhere, which is unusual for this area.
HH from Allen in MI
I only had 50 minutes to search before I had to go to work. In the last ten minutes, I got a Square Tab signal the indicated about 5 - 6" down. When I opened the hole, I saw a fired cartridge. I started brushing it off, and was surprised to see that I had a rimfire cartridge. It measures 6.9mm in diameter and 28.2mm in length, with a "US" headstamp. This works out to about a .27 or .271 caliber, if there is such a thing. Of course, it could just be a 7mm rifle round. Does anyone know if 7mm rounds are rimfire? Also, with the "US" headstamp, could it be an older military round?
A few feet later, I got the smashed up bullet. I can't really tell what kind or caliber it is, as I can't tell which end is which.
The spot I found I found these at is a city park, but the area has history going back about 150 years. The baseball field I found them at is obviously bulldozed, and I'm sure the dirt has been turned over a lot, heck, it could even be fill dirt, as I'm finding lots of bits of clay everywhere, which is unusual for this area.
HH from Allen in MI