Not the ones I find on our farm, all are animal chewed. I've got about 15 69 cal that were chewed by hogs. In the early and mid 1900's my great grand father raised hogs, and even though the hog lot is gone, and is pasture now, I find chewed bullets up to 10" deep. So I think location is the key. At first I thought these soldiers were chewing these things like gum! Until my father told me that area used to hold hogs, when he was a kid.
Here's a pic of a few items I found in that area, the bullet on the left is chewed(severly). Sorry for the small pic.
HH'ing
--Allan--
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