MY FIRST RELIC,,,,,,kinda

[ferdware]

Went hunting the far end of the beach last night. I wasnt expecting any change or jewelry since it is a part of the beach that doesnt get alot of traffic. So I was hopeing for something old. Well the first 100 yard grid only turned up one penny. I was about to leave when I noticed the trash line on the other side of the access. So I decided to check it out. I recovered about a dollar in change. I had forgotten my flashlight so everything went right in my pocket.
At one point I had dug up what I thought was a fishing weight, but I knew it felt funny. Well it turns out I ended digging up two WW2 50 cal. slugs. One was completely mangled. The other was in perfect shape minus some weathering. Found both at about 12", seperate.

It was really cool. My first relic...kinda. and at the beach.

FERD

 

[Aurium]

Looks like your really "slugging" it out on the finds. Your a man of excellent calibre.. congrats..it's fun finding those little curiousities.

 

[Andy Sabisch]

Last summer I hunted North Myrtle Beach and found a pouch full of WWII 50 caliber bullets and casings with 1943 and 1944 dates on them. It appears that during the war, fighter pilots practiced strafing runs off the beach before being shipped overseas. When they dredged the sand to replenish the beach the old bullets were pushed up onto the beach . . . .

Andy Sabisch

 

[Larry (IL)]

That is a relic alright. Hard to believe that they are almost 70 years old.

 

[pastfinders]

Any trace of paint on the tip ferdware? Paint on the bullet tip was used to indicate the type of round - see attachment. I found a huge number of 50 cal over here in the UK at my old school. Turns out a Liberator crashed in an adjacent field during WWII with a full bomb load. Most of the rounds were live and filled at the Des Moines ordnance plant. I had to take them in to the local Police station...took them by surprise to see WWII live ammo turning up.