1901 Winchester Repeater Shell!

[Lodihunter]

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I'm guessing that these are fairly common, but I was super excited when I found this yesterday after work. From what I have researched, this was a shotgun shell from the early 1900's. I found it at a park that used to be farmland. After talking to many people who say, "DIG EVERYTHING" I decided to dig a solid hit at a VDI of 45. I'm glad I did. I love finding old stuff. HH!

 

[Nancy-IL]

That's a cool find. Yes, specially when you know it use to be an open field. Dig, dig, dig. Thanks for posting and HH, Nancy

 

[srf2112]

See, not all good finds are coins or gold rings. The longer you MD the more you learn that targets with lower VDI's AND a nice soft signal are something to get excited about. Lots of great finds in that range . . .

 

[triplehooked]

Very cool... I found a loaded .3030 round at a park last year, just barely below the surface... To top it off it looks as if it was hit by a mower. That was at a kids park.....

 

[Wolfdog]

I found three .32 cal shell casing at a high school softball field last year,can't fig er that one out.

 

[Lodihunter]

It seems like every other time that I go out, I find at least one round either fired or live, a knife, or some other freaky thing. It weirds me out!

 

[burlbark]

If you are digging shotgun shells than you will not miss the gold. I always get a kick out of finding the old ones.