The only thing that I can think that would explain such a finding ...
is somebody salvaging lead and/or powder from a large lot of old
ammunition
>Interesting. I found a few on a site in North Carolina that had
>been punctured with a knife blade. I can't think of any obvious
>explanation for your situation either! I'd love to hear if you find
>anything out though.
>
>Paul G. Avery, RPA
>Senior Archaeologist
>
>MACTEC Engineering and Consulting
>9725 Cogdill Road
>Knoxville, TN 37932
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>________________________________
>
>From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY on behalf of David Legare
>Sent: Thu 1/7/2010 3:45 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: cartridges
>
>
>
>I'm afraid that I don't have any photos. Almost all of the hundreds
>of cartridges in virtually every caliber were affected. They were
>all subjected to pressure that either put them out of round or
>flattened them from about 2/3 of the way from the base to where the
>bullet would have been seated. There aren't any clear tool marks
>that would make me say it was done with pliers. A rock would have
>done as easily. There were two exceptions that were one 50 caliber
>pistol cartridge and all of the very small (less than 1 cm long) 22
>caliber cartridges. We didn't see any in the rest of the cartridges
>on the site that hadn't been treated like this.
>
>
>--- On Thu, 1/7/10, Smoke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> From: Smoke <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: cartridges
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Date: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 1:12 PM
>> Have a photo or two?
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 1:52 PM, David Legare <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>> > I have a large number of cartridges at a historic mine
>> site in southern New Mexico. The primary occupation of the
>> site is from around 1903 to 1911. These cartridges are of
>> a very wide variety of calibers. they were all
>> identifiable 30-30, 30-06, 44-70, 45, etc. The question
>> concerns their treatment. Virtually every one of them was
>> found crimped in almost exactly the same place on the
>> cartidge. Anyone have any idea what this behavior is?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>>
>> --
>> Smoke Pfeiffer
>>
>> In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one
>> useless man is a
>> shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a Congress.
>> -- John
>> Adams
>>
>> Proud member of the Angry Mob!
>>
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Illinois Transportation
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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