Anyone know anything about bullets?

[Angel]

Jessica is convinced she's found an old bullet when she went out for a walk the other day but I'm not really au fait with all things shooty and to be honest it just looks like a bullet-shaped piece of dirt to me because whatever it is it's either fossilized somehow or covered in layers of cement or something...

I have some pictures of it and it's really quite heavy when you pick it up...I wouldn't even know where to begin to google it if it is indeed a bullet and not just a rock or something. If it helps at all, the area she was walking in used to be used a lot in WW2.

Any ideas?

 

[Tsuyu]

Sure it isn't actually just very hard plastic/rubber? Looks very similar to a rubber plug I used when I worked at a construction site. The fact that it feels concrete-y would also seem to support this theory of mine...

 

[mjmarin12]

I dont know anything about bullets...Only that they hurt....But that is one sexy hand

 

[Quistrix]

Sorry, Mj, she's taken.

By me.

Great success.

 

[Arseface]

Well, it looks like a bullet. But it also looks like something that mihgt not be a bullet. Strange find.

 

[Necromancer]

I'll see if FableFreak can pop in here for this...

 

[HeroOfCrapsalot]

It's an ancient condom.

 

[D3m190d]

It's a unicorn. It's a pencil. It's a number four. It's a minivan. It's a doomsday device. ALRIGHT I don't know what it is, WHAT A GREAT MYSTERY...?_?

Hm, if I had to be serious, it reminds me of a chess piece. Like, an ancient peon? Probably not...

 

[Angel]

Sure it isn't actually just very hard plastic/rubber? Looks very similar to a rubber plug I used when I worked at a construction site. The fact that it feels concrete-y would also seem to support this theory of mine...

I dunno - it's proper solid, REALLY heavy and the area it was found is nowhere near...anywhere...so unless someone carried concrete covered plugs around with them and dropped them in the middle of nowhere I'm not sure how it could have turned up there. The area has never been built upon as it's historically a royal hunting forest...it's just a weird lump of something or other...

 

[HobbeBrain]

Well, it looks like a bullet. But it also looks like something that mihgt not be a bullet. Strange find.

Arseface, giving constructive and helpful advice as usual.

 

[Angel]

@Necro - if Freak can take a look that would be awesome because to be honest he's the only one I could think of who might be able to tell us if it's actually anything to do with guns at all and not just a "thing".

 

[SelfAppointedGunslinger]

JohnDoe is right, it's a Minié ball.

They were used during the 19th century as a rifle bullet, they saw widespread use during conflicts such as the american civil war. They were a major step forward in bullet design.

 

[Tsuyu]

But why does Angel's look all white and plastic-like?

 

[SelfAppointedGunslinger]

Probably something to do with surface erosion or the chemistry changing over the years or maybe it's just covered in dry mud, I wouldn't be suprised. If it is a Minié ball then it's probably pretty old, so it's condition isn't too suprising.

 

[Arseface]

Oxidation?

 

[SelfAppointedGunslinger]

Could be, depends whether or not it's been in an anaerobic eviroment for all those years.

 

[Firis]

Use it as a mini dildo.

 

[Tsuyu]

Use it as a mini dildo.

Aye, she could even nickname it Firis.

 

[Angel]

Would a Minie ball have been used in England then or just America?

 

[HobbeBrain]

LOL IDK