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Metal Detecting for Gold
First interesting finds! and Question re identification
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<blockquote data-quote="jethro" data-source="post: 592858" data-attributes="member: 1297"><p>Some Years Ago I was detecting just north of Maryborough Vic near the Nuggety Gully Reservoir and started turning up lumps of nugget shaped lead of about 410 grns give or take. When I got home I did a bit of research and found I was about in line with the old rifle range track from the late 1800s up until WW1. The lead I was finding was from stray rounds fired from Martini Henry rifles chambered in 577/450. The standard Infantry and cavalry rifle carbine of the british empire from the 1870s until the advent of cordite powder in the late 1890s, and the adoption of the 303 british round. The nugget shaped appearance was caused by bushfires over the last 100 yrs. The infantry rifle round fired a 480grn paper patched lead projectile with a charge weight of 80grns of Black powder. The Cavalry / artillery carbine rnd fired a 410grn paper patched lead projectile with a charge of 72grns of black powder. </p><p></p><p>Footnote: I own a sporting rifle chambered in 577/ 450 built around 1880 (dated from Proof marks) Firing this old girl with a 480grn projectile and 78grns of black really gets my attention and I'm about 95kg. I can imagine that the average british infantry soldier of the victorian era probably weighed in at somewhat less than 70kg. So these rifles would have been a real handful to shoot from the prone or kneeling position volley fire accurately. </p><p>If anyone wants to have a look at the old rifle in action I have short clip of its first shots here [video=480,360]<a href="https://youtu.be/yLzvG7JqNMA" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/yLzvG7JqNMA</a>[/video]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jethro, post: 592858, member: 1297"] Some Years Ago I was detecting just north of Maryborough Vic near the Nuggety Gully Reservoir and started turning up lumps of nugget shaped lead of about 410 grns give or take. When I got home I did a bit of research and found I was about in line with the old rifle range track from the late 1800s up until WW1. The lead I was finding was from stray rounds fired from Martini Henry rifles chambered in 577/450. The standard Infantry and cavalry rifle carbine of the british empire from the 1870s until the advent of cordite powder in the late 1890s, and the adoption of the 303 british round. The nugget shaped appearance was caused by bushfires over the last 100 yrs. The infantry rifle round fired a 480grn paper patched lead projectile with a charge weight of 80grns of Black powder. The Cavalry / artillery carbine rnd fired a 410grn paper patched lead projectile with a charge of 72grns of black powder. Footnote: I own a sporting rifle chambered in 577/ 450 built around 1880 (dated from Proof marks) Firing this old girl with a 480grn projectile and 78grns of black really gets my attention and I'm about 95kg. I can imagine that the average british infantry soldier of the victorian era probably weighed in at somewhat less than 70kg. So these rifles would have been a real handful to shoot from the prone or kneeling position volley fire accurately. If anyone wants to have a look at the old rifle in action I have short clip of its first shots here [video=480,360][url]https://youtu.be/yLzvG7JqNMA[/url][/video] [/QUOTE]
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