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Three Small Encrusted Objects.
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I decided to investigate a few small encrusted objects this weekend. The item on the left is a broken or repurposed spike that is partially encrusted. The item on the right is still totally encrusted. When I shook the totally encrusted object, it rattled. It sounded something like a small lead ball within a cavity.
I soaked the broken spike head in acid for about a day and little progress was made. I should have removed some of the crust mechanically before using the acid. That is my normal procedure, but I neglected to do that this time.
I decided to just break open the totally encrusted object. Here is a closer look at it.
Small Encrusted Rattling Object.
Below is what I found when I broke it open.
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Copper Casing Within EO and Shell Removed From Casing.
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Maybe someone can help me with this, but it looks like what I would call a double-cased shell. Is that right? Below you can see the lead core at the tip and butt of the bullet.
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Lead Bullet Core At Point (left) and Butt (right).
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And below is the outer casing for both sides of the bullet. The two halves of the outer casing are still stuck in the encrustation.
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Two Ends of Casing With Bullet Removed
(Butt end left and point right.).
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I wouldn't think there would be that much room between the outer casing and the bullet so that it would rattle like that. Maybe that was caused by corrosion, and maybe someone that knows more about bullets and casings can tell me about that.
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Yesterday I posted the mystery object shown below, which was found by Bill M. It gave a detector reading. I thought it looked like it could be an EO. SuperRick, who hunts meteors and nuggets, gave the following informative response.
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Mystery Object
Find and photo by Bill M.
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The photo is just a river rock better known as an igneous rock! A lot of rocks will have iron in them to prove me wrong take a file to a high point on the rock and file it. If you see shiny metal then take it to your bathroom toilet and lift the cover and rub your rock on the inside part of the [tank] cover.
If your rock leaves a streak you have what I said it was just a rock. You can also use a rare earth magnet to see if the rock will jump to it!
If your rock doesn't streak and the magnet makes the rock jump to it you might have found a meteorite but all kinds of rocks are what we call hot rock when we are hunting for meteorites! Those rocks will hit on a metal detector and you have to know what you are looking for! ...
Thanks Rick.
It is always good to hear the knowledge of the various experts that read this blog. He suggested some good tests too.
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If you are interested in learning more about beach dynamics, here are a variety of excerpts and abstracts from a number of studies.
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Source: MagicSeaWeed.com
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Looks like some more small surf for this week.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net