Slow day but did find something kinda neat

[ccsutoros]

I took my son to a place today that was nothing but farm land up until the 1930s now all wooded. Found lots of old junk, but did find this old shotgun shell head. I thought it was a bottle cap of some sort until i got it home. It's a Winchester new rival 12ga. According to a headstamp identification site it was made between 1897-1920. I thought it was pretty cool.

 

[MikeO]

Yep, those are quite common to dig.
Wait till you hunt an old place where they had a shivare or charivari. A real pain to get the IH pennies without digging many.

 

[mudpuppy]

Nice! Wonder if the shooter hit his target?
Mud

 

[jughed440]

As MikeO states...they're a regular find at old rural home sites, just as pull tabs are in a public park. And there are collectors out there.
Were there ever any home sites on that land??

 

[ccsutoros]

Lots of home sites. We were at the site of an old church from the early 1800s

 

[jughed440]

Lots of home sites. We were at the site of an old church from the early 1800s

...that headstamp tells me that there may have been a failed shotgun wedding at that church