AT Pro bullet find

[Jxndeputy]

Hello,
My name is Kevin Barber. I'm fairly new to the hobby, but I've been lurking here for a while. I bought a Garrett AT Pro a few months ago and boy do I love it! It's been too hot to do much detecting here in Florida, but I can't wait to get back out there.

I was at my parent's house waiting on my mom to arrive, so I got my detector out of the truck and began swinging the detector. I dug some trash and then I dug this bullet up in her front yard. The bullet halves do not line up with each other. I've never seen a bullet like this. Does anyone have any insight about this bullet, such as age, origin etc.



Thanks for any and all information!

Kevin.

 

[matthias]

Wow! Very strange looking to me. I hope you find out whats up with it. HH. Matt

 

[William-NM]

I'm no expert, but my guess is that it was a drop due to a bad cast. As you probably know, soldiers & other folks used to pour their own lead bullets. Hopefully an expert will chime in with more info on it's age & type, but it looks similar to some of the civil war era bullets.

Congrats on a cool find!

 

[Jxndeputy]

Thanks for the responses! It is really interesting that it would be in my parent's front yard not far from the front door. There's no telling what else I may find there (hopefully). Their house is sitting on a hilltop in a subdivision where I grew up. Can't wait to get back over there!

Thanks again!!

Kevin.

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

Nice finds! Congrats! Is it a trashy area?

 

[Jxndeputy]

Thanks Bart!

The area is not really trashy, I don't think. I found a bottle cap and a couple of other trashy pieces too, but it seems fairly clean. I didn't get a chance to do any more detecting while I was there, but I only spent about 10 minutes total there.

Kevin.

 

[Jerry Ga.]

Kevin, I agree with William. It looks like a Civil War bullet that was discarded due to a bad cast. It's more likely if you are in North Florida in the panhandle area. I would spend more time hunting that area, you could be in or near a CW camp.

 

[Jxndeputy]

Wow, that would be great if I was in or near an old camp. I am just by chance located in the panhandle of Florida. I know where there are some old bunkers that are still in tact out in some woods a few miles from mom's house. Gotta take my detector there if I am able to obtain permission to hunt there.

Thanks for all the info!

Kevin.

 

[Edgeman]

Jxndeputy, First off, welcome to the forum. Nice find on your bullet. keep us posted if you find more goodies, Larry

 

[Jxndeputy]

Thank you for the welcome! I will keep everyone posted on any further good finds.

Kevin.