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Can any help identify these items (found on beach)?

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  1. bgh

    bgh New Member

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    Last week my wife and I were at the beach. An offshore storm lingered for several days and literally tore into the beach. During one of the lulls in the storm, my wife went out walking and found several items that we attempting to identify.

    This picture shows all three items:
    - Left-most is what appears to be a metal, small-caliber bullet.
    - Center is what I think is a .50 caliber shell.
    - Right-most is what may be a fuse of some sort.
    View attachment 19616

    This picture shows the length of the bullet:
    View attachment 19617

    I will have to include the other photos in subsequent posts due to upload size restrictions.

    Any input at all would be greatly appreciated.

    Bill (aka bgh).
     

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    bgh New Member

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    Theses photos are of the second item (the fuse).

    This is a top view of the fuse:
    View attachment 19618

    The following writing was found on the fuse: "Fuse PD M57"
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    I cannot upload the pictures, but the other side says "Lot 8521-40PA3-42".

    Any input at all would be appreciated.

    Bill (aka bgh)
     

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    bgh New Member

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    The shell is 10 mm (maybe 4 inches) in length.
    View attachment 19622

    The bottom of the shell has the characters "W T 4 5" stamped in a perfect circle.
    View attachment 19623

    Again, any input at all would be appreciated.

    Thanks for your time and patience in allowing me to span this request over multiple posts.

    Bill (still aka bgh)
     

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    Takao,

    Thanks for the response. You know, I am a programmer by trade. And, to my chagrin, I never even thought about "Google". Thanks for reminding me.

    I did a search and you are correct. There is a lot to see there.

    Concerning the .50, I suspected the Twin Cities, but was hoping for independent corroboration (which you nicely provided).

    My wife will be excited to hear of such quick results. Thanks again.

    Bill
     
  6. Takao

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    The rifle bullet appears to be a .30 caliber tracer round, possibly a post-ww2 M62, but the round seems to be a hair too long. The M62 tracer was 1 1/3 inches long.
     
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    Standard M2 military ball ammo has a cannelure and weighs 151 grains. That slug has no cannelure, so you may have a civilian target slug of some kind. It would be helpful to know the weight.
     
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    That's why I went with the tracer, it does not have the noticable cannelure(boat tail) of a regular round.
    M62(left) & M25(center)
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    Also, you can look at the base
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    Further, the armor piercing .30-06 also lacks the cannelure
    [​IMG]
     
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    Great pic's Takeo, thanks for posting.

    KTK
     
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    I think that is a shipping plug and not a fuze base.
    Where is this beach?
     
  11. bgh

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    These were found on Kure Beach in North Carolina, south of Wilmington.

    The item has the word 'fuse' stamped in it. Could it be a cap made for a fuse?

    bgh
     
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    Fort Fisher at Kure Beach was the primary firing range for Camp Davis.
     
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    So they are likely training rounds.
     

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