The branch that gave a sweet signal

[Reeks]

Here is something odd that I came across while working a patch on my second last outing.
I had got a 0.48g piece about 1.5m away so as you do, I was hammering the immediate surrounds when another nice signal came up.
The signal was bright and coming from an area that a small branch was covering.
A boot scrape soon saw the target shift so I almost didn't investigate further, but being a nicer sounding signal I thought I'd see what it was..
After a few waves of the coil I was surprised that the signal was coming from the dead branch I had just moved.

After a quick inspection my first thought that maybe a piece of wrapped wire or a nail would be the culprit wasn't so.
Swining the branch over the coil was a bizarre feeling, and i soon found the part where the strongest signal was coming from - nothing visible on the outside of the branch apart from a knot.

A quip crack with my knee revealed the source of the signal - quite odd I thought

 

[KarlS]

What was it? Hard to tell from the picture.
Karl

 

[Guest]

What was it? Hard to tell from the picture.
Karl

Looks like a .22 bullet.

 

[mbasko]

Well that's a first Reeks! Is it lead?

 

[Reeks]

Yeah fellas, a 22bullet hiding inside- was a very bright sunny day.
The lead had been preserved and had little oxidising

 

[ozziii]

I had a similar thing a couple weeks back, signal from a small branch laying just above the ground, I had already dug a couple of bullets close by so didn't worry about breaking the branch to get it out.

 

[Nightjar]

Came across a tree that had been dug out recently, still had life in it.
Someone had dug a huge hole, I mean huge. The trunk of the tree was about 150mm in diameter.
Puzzled as to why someone had gone to so much trouble I swung the coil over the trunk, about 1/2 metre up the trunk got a strong signal. Close inspection showed scars in the bark. A probe with the pocket knife revealed several .243 slugs in a fairly close circle.
Think there was a very tired disappointed prospector a few days back?

 

[nuggetino]

Lol yeah I've found the old .22 in a branch before. Have done the same thing in regards to digging out a tree with a signal from above. Taught me to spend a bit more time determining where signals are coming from before wildly digging holes. Much easier on the back.

 

[Redfin]

Unfortunately it was an accepted practice in the 80's to drop all you junk finds into hollow tree trunks,
so if you get a signal next to a stump have a gander inside.

 

[dunollyman]

I did this, after digging a hole the about the size of an Olympic swimming pool discovered a .22 impailed into the tree stump.. Worst thing was it took up about an hour of my day trying to find it.....

 

[thedigger]

I have dug big peice lead under the stump.

Regards Frank