old rifle cartridge with a vaq.

[jld66]

found this old live cartridge marked - rem umc 32 40 - in the woods behind house. umc (united metallic cartridge) made these for remington from 1871-1910 for their breech loading "rolling block #1 sporting rifle" so, it's at least 104 years old. nothing to spectacular but, i thought it a nice find.

 

[ToneTime]

Jld66,
That's a good find, a moment in history. I enjoy finding old items and then getting to research to find out when stuff was made and what it was used for. I have been learning a lot over the last few years and not only about metal detecting.

 

[jld66]

thanks tonetime. this and a 1808 large cent are my two best finds. found the large cent in the backyard. only been doing this two weeks. i enjoy it a lot.

 

[hatpin]

It took me thirty years to find a large cent.

 

[jld66]

sorry hatpin. it is in pretty bad shape, not worth much. got it on my third day. almost threw it away till i looked at it with my reading glasses on after cleaning it up a bit. i guess it was beginners luck. if it was not the first decent thing i found, i'd send it to ya. haha

 

[square_nail]

Cool old cartridge! I'll have to pay more attention to the rifle cartridges and shotgun brass I find and do some research on them.

 

[jld66]

ooops umc stands for union metallic cartridge, not united.

 

[wheatymike]

Looks cool. I wonder if it will shoot?

 

[kaolinwasher]

It must hav fumbled out of his hand when loading cool fand

 

[BarberBill]

I've found lots of cartridge cases in my travels, but seldom loaded ones, and yours is definitely less common. Nice find.
BB

 

[dirtdigger1]

I found 2 with my cibola 7 to 8 in down that had lc43 on the bottom of it, whatever that means.

 

[OhioMike]

That's a really cool find. I know some people consider them a nuisance but I love finding old shell casings and shotgun brass.
Mike

 

[nebdirtturner]

Dirtdigger1 LC43 is Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Missouri that produces the most small arms cartridges for the US military. The 43 is the year it was produced. So yours were from WWII.