Yeah I guessed that was what they were, I'll have to check what they say on them and confirm it. I think one might be a .22 LR or HMR but I'm only basing that on the fact it's small and long!
I'm definitely going to work out a way to display the better condition ones next to the 1911. There's a good chance they are from WW2, most of the guns used in crime here are old ones I think, so it would make sense that the ammunition is too.
This guy is an absolute nutcase for doing what he did, but I'd be lying if I said I haven't at least had a little urge to give someone a nudge when they're sat in the overtaking lane in front of me with empty lanes on their left
The police seem to not want to really deal with anything that isn't a serious crime so I wouldn't be surprised if they just didn't care at all about me having them. I definitely think it is illegal for me to own them, but I also think it's illegal to own the frame of a 1943 Colt 1911 that I have displayed in my home office. I'm planning to keep hold of them because they're pretty cool to find, and I'll apologise profusely in the unlikely event I do get told off at some point.
The plug from a telephone switchboard is a really good suggestion. One end of it moves in and out and it has what looks like a terminal for a wire in.
The outside of at least some of the casings is definitely brass judging from the colour, but some are so corroded I wouldn't be surprised if they were steel cased.
Handing them in to the police would probably be a good idea, although the Bobby I spoke to on the day completely ignored me when I told him that I'd been pulling bullets out all day.
My colleague suggested I chuck them in a fire and see what happens but I don't think I'll be taking that advice haha
There's been a lot a bad press for magnet fishers around this unfortunately. I've seen multiple articles claiming that magnet fishing is illegal in the UK (it isn't) and that they guy should have had permission from the land owner.
Maybe he strictly should have had permission, but no one seems to care when we're just pulling rubbish out. If landowners want to claim they own whatever is sat at the bottom of the river on their land, then they should also be responsible for the costs of cleaning up said river and properly managing it.
Personally I don't think I would have made my find this public, and quietly displayed it in my home. If the British Museum can just take stuff and display it then I can too.
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But alcohol is a heavily commercialised drug...
It got rejected when I suggested it as a name for a Corvette class light frigate, despite it sounding awesome
You love to see it. This is absolutely hilarious 😂
Do you think maybe I wasn't being entirely serious? I'm not a fucking idiot, obviously that could have disastrous consequences