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Ever put a penny on a RR track and let a train run over it? Could be
possible. It could make a bang!!!
DTP
At 04:55 PM 8/5/2007, you wrote:
>The smashed margins are smooth...so appeared to have been done on an
>anvil...or similar metal...not on an uneven surface. Cant say that I
>see individual hammer head blows tho. Perhaps the one with the mashed
>head was done so in a vice. ?? But how hard would this be for a
>kid...or teen...to do (strength)?
>
>What's the fun in it. ??? I'm thinking as an escape from boredom. ??
>
>Why do kids smash on unburied ordance they find on old military
>bases...and go Boom?
>
>As a kid, my bike pedalling brother aimed the front tire for a ketchup
>packet on the asphalt of a parking lot...to see if he could hit it.
>Well, he succeeded...and the HOT SAUCE hit him in the eyes! Stupid
>things kids do..
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> >Behalf Of Ron May
> >Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 2:30 PM
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: the Kid Factor influence on artifacts (etc)
> >
> >The answer to your question about flattened bullet shells lies
> >in the forensics of your artifacts and the context from which
> >they were recovered. If you have hammer marks, then you have
> >the answer. What is the shape of the underside of the shell?
> >Bullet shells crushed between vehicles (tractors and farm
> >vehicles, trucks, and old autos) and gravel pavement should
> >exhibit small indents from the harder rock fragments (quartz,
> >for example). If the kid hammered the shells on a blacksmith
> >anvil or piece of a railroad tie, the underside might be
> >smooth. But how much fun is there is hammering bullet shells
> >flat? It sounds kind of boring to me. Then again, I once
> >examined a 1918 vintage cabin in Libby, Montana in which
> >cowboys hammered .22 caliber bullet shells into the log ends
> >just for the fun of it. But just maybe someone cleaned up the
> >litter on a gravel road and dumped it in the pit (a secondary
> >deposit with no contextual connection to the shape of the shells).
> >
> >Ron May
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