Zinc's, Bullets, and 40's

[BDCC13]

Went to 2 different sites today. The first was a old schoolyard, dug so many zincs That I stopped, I know it's bad but there were hundreds and the little zinc eraser tips on pencils, It was gruesome not to mention cold and muddy. I then went to a park with a 1926 memorial in it. Found out it has been a great place to drink 40"s and shoot guns. The popular one was Cobra and then one that uses a plain brass looking screw on cap, which were reading as 1c/10c. I need some help on the bullets. the 2nd one looks like a pistol ball?? First looks like silver jacket ( werewolves )?? HaHa Thanks for checkin em out!

 

[jjaddict]

Ha ha, I have a few parks in my town that are just full of 40's caps, I usually avoid those parks, they are usually pretty trashy.

 

[capt.]

Hey BDCC13, try this next time you go there.... When you locate the target and want to see if it is a bottle cap or coin or other good target...Try this technique called "Quick Out"...pinpoint the target...when you know where the target is in relation to the coil, swing the center of the coil back and forth quickly (rapidly) just just enough to get a response from each way. Sometimes this is enough to get the "cap" to reveal itself as a bad target as it will break up or drop to the iron range. If it remains a solid signal lift the coil a few inches while repeating the movement. This will help to further classify a good or bad target. A good target will remain a solid tone. Now for the coupe de grace...a technique called EPR or Edge Pass Rejection...move the coil back and forth over the target while shifting the coil to where the BACK of the coil is just to the outside of the target and work the back of the coil back and forth over the target. If it is an old bottle cap, the tone will break up almost all of the time, while a good target will remain a solid tone This does not work for the aluminum screw caps, only the alloy metal twist off caps.

It sounds like a lot but in reality it takes only a few seconds and I can accurately identify the bottle caps almost all of the time. Test it yourself and you will develop confidence in the techniques. They have been in use for the last 40 years by a certain individual who has forgotten more about detecting than I will ever know.

capt.

 

[Karl]

Believe u are right about the second one being a pistol Ball.

Congrats on the finds !!

Karl

 

[jjaddict]

I'd have to agree on the pistol ball, looks like it has some pretty good age to it judging by the patina on it, probably 1800's, maybe CW if you had some action in your area. Does it have a round, flat spot on it like this one? This is a .38 cal round ball from a Colt "navy" revolver, yours looks to be about the same caliber also. Is that a ring impression that I see on it? If so, that's probably from the loading mechanism that packs the ball into the cylinder. It's fun finding old bullets isn't it!

 

[BDCC13]

Thanks alot for the advice capt.! I will use it next time out. Yea jj I love finding bullets too, especially in places you wouldn't expect.