shotgun shells

[mudman]

Hi all,
I detect in some local woodlands and encounter vast numbers of shotgun shells. I own an old xs and was thinking of setting up a discrim pattern of all the shells i have collected so far and rejecting them, so the real question is would i be missing out on coins/relics (the woodland dates back as far as the Saxon period) by rejecting the old shell ends as, a friend thinks i would.
I am fairly new to detecting and writing on forums so if the question is dumb, please be gentle.

 

[jeff & Maria]

From my experience shotgun shells range in reading because of all the sizes, not to mention when one is rotted away it leaves just the lower rim similar in size to a coin. I always dig them only because I would rather have a pouch full of shells on my way out than to have left a good item in the ground because I "assumed it was a shell".

 

[Jeff In North Georgia]

I'm out in the woods occasionally looking for US civil war items. Shotgun shell base readings will vary quite a bit depending on the gauge of the shell, high or low brass, and how much is still left. These usually fall in the same area as you would find small gold coins or rings, US nickels, many of the brass uniform buttons.

So I always dig these signals in the hope of finding something that someone else discriminated out.

Jeff

 

[mailman14]

I've been saving old ammunition shells for 30+ years and recently spruced them up with brass wire
attachment on Dremel rotary unit. Works lots better than chemicals.

 

[blw]

Found one yesterday. I think it showed 09-23. Solid hit on the Smartscreen.