Anyone able to say how old this bullet is?

North Shore · Mar 18, 2019

I found two of them that are the same, one might have been dropped and the other clearly fired and struck something hard. Are these pistol rounds? I don't pretend to know much about guns and ammo outside of some video game stuff.

Thanks it will also help date this beach, found a silver quarter and I am suspicious that is a war nickel.

rustyk1 · Mar 18, 2019

In order to narrow the bullets down, some pertinent information is needed. Use calipers to determine the diameter of the round and then get the length of it. Get the weight in grains and that will help. With what we see it could be anything from a .38 all the way up to a .45 (although it appears to be a larger caliber). That is my best recommendation.

Foragist · Mar 21, 2019

Don't know about the bullets. Follow Rusty's advice. I suspect you have a war nickel, too. I'm guessing the date is gone/unreadable? Hard to tell from the photo, and since it is worn, but is there a mint mark above the dome of the building on the back? If so, it is a war nickel. It certainly looks silvery, too.

worm12ga · Mar 24, 2019

Most likely handgun bullets, and most likely not very old.

North Shore · Mar 27, 2019

Foragist said:
Don't know about the bullets. Follow Rusty's advice. I suspect you have a war nickel, too. I'm guessing the date is gone/unreadable? Hard to tell from the photo, and since it is worn, but is there a mint mark above the dome of the building on the back? If so, it is a war nickel. It certainly looks silvery, too.

I had a hunch it might be, it's pretty warn I will check for a mark above Monticello

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