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Couple week ago in Montana pard and I made a hunt in some coulees. Stopped to take a breather and found 2 old 250-3000 cases. Makes ya wonder how long they’ve been there? Who it was? Did they kill? How big was it? Guess the possibilities are endless. Makes a guy ponder..

Could you make out the makers headstamp?

I found a 38/56 casing some years back.

It's also why I always leave my empties on the ground when big game hunting. It might give another hunter a wonder 100 years from now.

I found some ancient .30-40 Krag rounds a long ways from a BLM road in WY a few years ago. We had a few minutes standing around discussing whose great-grandfather had shot at what? Questions without answers.

I found an old black .348 casing one year. That made an impression on me

Jud,

good stuff there.

I usually find mylar balloons and schiedt. 30 miles from the nearest paved road, and a couple miles from the two track.

Iv been leaving 250-3000, 303 savage and savage 22HP brass, all over for about the last 15 years or so.

I was deer hunting this beautiful draw in Western Oklahoma, and you could imagine you were the only person to cross it since the plains indians chasing buffalo. Then I looked down and saw a Mountain Dew bottle.

I killed a deer in Montana with a 250 Savage



And I have taken 2 other 250 Savages I built to Montana and left cases at the pit.


Back in WA state I have found an Indian arrowhead while hunting.

Winchester stamped

Found a fired 45 caliber slug a couple weeks ago and a loaded Remington 30-30 cartridge that had a light strike. When I was a kid I found a 50 cal (fired)

I found a .303 Savage casing one time near Flaming Gorge, WY.
Some old metal pieces from some sort of military aircraft in BFE New Mexico.
Old rock blinds made by indians in the Idaho desert. I guess to wait for deer or whatever else to wander by.
One somewhat recent weather balloon.
Lots of old miners and trappers cabins in Idaho and Montana. One in Idaho's Frank Church still had a few old, rusted up traps on the wall. I was WAY in there though and didn't pack any of them out. I wish I had though.



Some of other random finds too. An old mining claim from the 1950's.


Some evidence of "erosion"...or maybe I just drank a lot of beer and needed to whizz.


Random trunk base on a gravel bar that for whatever reason had spontaneously combusted. It was smoldering and burning on the inside. There wasn't an active fire within a hundred miles of this spot.

That is cool. Did you open it?

Found a couple .40-82 cases on top of a mountain one morning. And yeah, I occasionally leave a case out while hunting for the same reason.

All I find are old pull tab beer cans or the occasional bottle of Moosehead

Growing up in Michigan, used to find a few 3006, 270, 308 etc

One day found a 338win mag. Thought that was the coolest looking case. Decided I would own one some day just cuz of a cool looking spent case lol

Cool stuff Ted. When I hunted oryx on the wsmr we found all kinds weird shiit

Found this back in a Ol homestead/junk pile as well. Stuff keeps a lot better in that dry country compared to the rainy coast.

Hunting couse deer on ft huachuca in one of the training areas. I found a pile of 30-06 stamped FA 19. I was damn I found an ol pile of brass from a training event back from the early 20’s. Imagine it was shot out of a 1917 browning machine gun.

While on a guided elk hunt in Montana, I saw/found a pair or vortex fury binoculars in the middle of the horse trail.

While the case was plenty dirty, the binoculars inside had managed to avoid any damage..

In a turn of events I’m still peeved about..the guide who was behind me jumped down and grabbed them, and kept them.