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Other Than Bottles stories - 9/3/2011 2:20:22 PM    Bottles r LEET   Posts: 984 Joined: 2/12/2011 From: Plainfield, New Hampshire Status: offline Here are a couple neat finds that I have turned up that I thought were story-worthy. The first item is the belt buckle. This buckle is very special to me. I dug this buckle in the house that my Grandmother (who passed away a few years ago) grew up. That means that there is a very likely possibility that the buckle belonged to my great grandfather. The second item is a Captain Midnight decoder. Captain Midnight was a radio show in the 1940s. It most likely came out of a cereal box. The last item is very strange. It is a bullet. During cleaning out the house where I found some bottles, there was a jar with them. It was full of misc. things, nails, screws, etc. I went through it. I did find a newer badge which I gave to the lady we were doing this for. (Her father lived in the house, but we own it) It probably probably belonged to her father. I took home the jar and dumped everything out slowly. Lots of nails and screws and other rubbish. As I neared the bottom, it came out. It was a bullet. And it had been fired. It has some red on it, it's not blood, it has a melted crayon next to it. But to imagine what it hit... Thanks for looking. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Ryan MacLeay Looking for 'Vehicles in the Bush' pictures. http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/Old-Truck/m-476657/tm.htm Also looking for Abandoned House pictures. http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/Abandoned-House/m-495368/tm.htm Post #: 1

RE: Other Than Bottles stories - 9/3/2011 2:41:26 PM    Dugout   Posts: 1732 Joined: 1/27/2008 Status: offline Ryan get out the old family photos. Maybe you can find your buckle in a picture. Cool finds! (in reply to Bottles r LEET) Post #: 2

RE: Other Than Bottles stories - 9/3/2011 3:24:44 PM    TJSJHART Posts: 1332 Joined: 9/10/2007 From: Arizona Status: offline THE BULLET LOOKS TO BE FROM THE CIVIL WAR....IT MAY HAVE BEEN KEPT FROM A BATTLE WOUND. KIND OF A GROSS IDEA ,,,,BUT _____________________________ .N.R.A. LIFER (in reply to Dugout) Post #: 3

RE: Other Than Bottles stories - 9/3/2011 3:52:45 PM    epackage Posts: 9876 Joined: 5/3/2009 From: Jersey Status: online STUPENDOUS if the buckle was in the family...Jim _____________________________ I WANT PATERSON NJ BOTTLES !! Being NICE for the SAKE of OTHERS !!! (in reply to TJSJHART) Post #: 4

RE: Other Than Bottles stories - 9/3/2011 5:47:11 PM    ironmountain   Posts: 846 Joined: 10/17/2010 From: Iron Mountain, MI Status: offline The bullet looks to be more of an early Muzzle Loader bullet...I haven't seen a CW era bullet with the vertical ribbing on it... (in reply to epackage) Post #: 5

RE: Other Than Bottles stories - 9/3/2011 6:50:56 PM    MIdigger   Posts: 767 Joined: 3/3/2010 Status: offline The grooves are called a cannelure. Its there for the brass edge of a casing to crimp the bullet into place so it doesnt move if jostled or from recoil in a repeater to have it come loose and jam the firearm. It appears to be a .38 caliber round nose(hard to judge, but my guess) it could be a 44 or 45 but doesnt look that big. Civil war lead had crimping grooves, but Ive not seen the cannelure (which looks like reeding on the edge of a quarter) on those bullets. (in reply to ironmountain) Post #: 6

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