It sure looks like an expended bullet. Hard to tell, but it would be in the
.40+ caliber range, which was, and still is, common. It is "mushroomed,"
and the way it is mushroomed, it looks like it was a hollow point. Likely
went into something relatively soft.
On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 8:57 AM Garst, Chris [KSHS] <[log in to unmask]>
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> The lead object weighs in at 4.8 grams. It seems the consensus is leaning
> towards a spent bullet.
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> What is the gram weight ?
> It appears to me to be an impacted bullet to me Any military action in
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> Is it too large for a smashed bullet? (That was my first impression.)
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> > On May 22, 2020 at 9:06 AM "Garst, Chris [KSHS]" <[log in to unmask]>
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> > I am reporting on a prehistoric site in Marshall County, Kansas, and
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