Big shell ast the beach with my GT.

[JASONSPAZ1]

I have been hitting my local M.A/ N.H beaches for years with my Sovereign GT and I have never found machine gun shells like this before?
Could they be from a Coast Guard training exercises?
Kinda threw me off. Wonder if they are modern or old?

Thanks
HH
Jason

 

[Ron from Michigan]

Jason,interesting find.Thanks Ron

 

[bootyhoundpa]

not sure but i think they might be 50 calibur...your probably right about them being military at least i hope so...

 

[otlew]

Jason,

How did those brass cartridge casings sound on the Sovereign....Like big gold? A few weeks back I scooped up a intact .22 Long Rifle cartridge, sounded like small gold to me on the Excalibur.

 

[larzam]

Found maybe a dozen ,at least ,in the water on long island and neighbors claimed air force practice .]Believe it was 50 cal-the ones I found in Moriches bay.
Happy hunting ,Sam in ms(transplant from long island)

 

[OBX Franz]

Those definitely look like .50 cal rounds.. there were various practice straffing ranges along the coast here around the 1950s, and they show up a lot. They give quite the strong signal.

 

[Sandpiper]

Military 50 cal, look on the back side base around primer theres a number which will be the year manufactured.