With the weather, the rugby and other commitments, there has not been much to report on the treasure hunting front for the last couple of weeks. I thought I would post some of my more 'unusual' finds from the previous few months detecting.
This one is the biggest bullet shell I have ever seen, a .50cal I believe. It was dug in a local park that was originaly part of an army rifle range up until about 1950. I have put it next to a standard WW2 .303 case dug in the same area for comparison. The headstamp is RA 42. Made by the Remington Arms Co in 1942.
Is that from a machine gun? Looks way too big for a rifle. Interesting.
ReplyDeleteIt was probably used in the Browning 50 cal machine gun developed towards the end of WW1 and is still in use today.
ReplyDeleteBig is good :D
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