Found bullets in the yard.

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Found these in the yard. About a year apart on different sides of the house. Was picking weeds out of the driveway when I found the one on the left.
Do I have anything worth further examination ?
The house is 171 years old, and pretty much in the town center.






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Looks like a lead conical bullet from a muzzle loader. May be left overs from way back hunting or war. Or someone shot them and the landed in your yard. Were they in the dirt or just laying in the grass? Something along these lines

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I had a knock on the door a week ago. It was a young fellow with a metal detector. He asked permission to use it around the yard. He had already found a Civil War era musket ball in the yard across the street which is owned by his grandmother's brother. He knew that there were camps in the general area during the war.

Sadly, no history was unearthed in my yard, but he did remove some old bottle caps.
 
I do have a metal detector and breifly used it. I think I was I to my 5th nail when I stopped.
I should really give a good go someday.
 
Grits said:
Not reading the caliper right, .349 is what it is reading. 38 or 357 wadcutter. Loaded and shot my share of them.

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Yep I had my dumbass hat on lol sorry about that.


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Mirac said:
I do have a metal detector and breifly used it. I think I was I to my 5th nail when I stopped.
I should really give a good go someday.
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Or, you could let me search the yard for you. I have no problem with digging those pesky nails. :)
 
I run a Garrett AT Gold... I don't dig iron.. lol.

If you have property around Winston and want to figure out what is in your ground let me know.

Hell, I'll let you swing it I'll dig..
 
Cool, looks like we have a couple swingers on the site in the Triad.
You all have a club you belong too? That's something I'd like to add doing.
 
Mirac said:
Cool, looks like we have a couple swingers on the site in the Triad.
You all have a club you belong too? That's something I'd like to add doing.
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Taken out of context that sounds like a different proposition entirely.

I do enjoy metal detecting, but haven't done much in years except an occasional beach trip. But a pretty decent haul at the beach back in May rekindled my interest, and I'm hoping to start again, once my new detector (financed by selling two rings I found on that May trip) gets here. A 171 year-old house is very tempting!

@Unknownpro, I'm in Clemmons if you ever want some company on a hunt. I haven't forgotten everything I used to know. :)
 
Pack72 said:
Taken out of context that sounds like a different proposition entirely.

I do enjoy metal detecting, but haven't done much in years except an occasional beach trip. But a pretty decent haul at the beach back in May rekindled my interest, and I'm hoping to start again, once my new detector (financed by selling two rings I found on that May trip) gets here. A 171 year-old house is very tempting!

@Unknownpro, I'm in Clemmons if you ever want some company on a hunt. I haven't forgotten everything I used to know. :)
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Problem is I don't really have a place to go... parks I guess.
 
Aren't there some serious regs on beach detecting in NC?
I haven't looked into it much, been busy working on this old house. But, would like more excuses to get to the beach.
 
I would like to know more about metal detectors and their use if one of you would start a new thread.
 
Mirac said:
Aren't there some serious regs on beach detecting in NC?
I haven't looked into it much, been busy working on this old house. But, would like more excuses to get to the beach.
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I don't know about doing it at the beach. But If you walk across the walk bridge over towards faith rock there use to be a revolutionary war camp site, I found some musket balls over there a few years back.
 
Mirac said:
Cool, looks like we have a couple swingers on the site in the Triad.
You all have a club you belong too? That's something I'd like to add doing.
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I read that wrong. Had me excited for just a moment.
 
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