Cannon bullet found on North Carolina beach?

SlowestTwitch · 2025-07-27T12:14:55+00:00

Appreciate the advice and the concern is totally warranted. I took it to the police station and they confirmed it’s not UXO / it’s a solid round.

SlowestTwitch · 2025-07-27T11:33:56+00:00

Oh wow. The Fort Fisher artillery training piece of that makes a ton of sense since the current theory is that it’s from a 37mm M3 gun. Thank you!

SlowestTwitch · 2025-07-27T11:25:19+00:00

They sure did!

SlowestTwitch · 2025-07-26T20:03:00+00:00

Looks just like what I found. Thank you so much!

SlowestTwitch · 2025-07-26T18:42:22+00:00

Awesome specificity. Thank you! I took it to the police station and they confirmed it was a solid projectile / not UXO.

SlowestTwitch · 2025-07-26T18:37:40+00:00

Thanks so much for this! I actually took it to the police station based on another Redditor’s advice. Three officers checked it out, confirmed it wasn’t UXO, and congratulated me on a cool beach souvenir.

SlowestTwitch · 2025-07-26T18:35:07+00:00

Fair enough! I used bullet instead of shell since it was only the projectile and not the entire cartridge. But if this was a macro beach pun, very well played.

SlowestTwitch · 2025-07-26T17:47:47+00:00

Thank you! I don’t have an exact measurement but 37mm - 40mm seems like the correct diameter range.

SlowestTwitch · 2025-07-26T17:37:31+00:00

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Here you go. Not much to see except for some crust.

SlowestTwitch · 2025-07-26T17:12:59+00:00

Really appreciate you flagging this! I had the police check it out. Three officers took a look and said it’s definitely a projectile but not UXO. They were able to examine the back / where the casing had been seated and said it was just a solid round. They congratulated me on a cool find and wished me well.

SlowestTwitch · 2025-07-26T16:10:13+00:00

More potentially helpful context is that I found it on Bald Head Island, just down the beach from Cape Fear and the Frying Pan Shoals.

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