Looking for a way to locate tungsten pellets in my turkey meat?
Follow the entrance wound
Put meat in glass bottom pie plate or dish and shine a flashlight thru the meat
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X ray it
With your teeth is the most common way. Can't say I recommend it, though...
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Teeth work everytime!
This can be tricky without an X Ray.
Best thing to do is get the best dental insurance you can afford. Those pellets are HARD!
You realize that a magnet is attracted to tss
I don't eat the necks ... LOL... no reason for TSS to be in the meat, need to aim better...
Those hand held metal detectors (pointer) work....way better than the tooth. Good investment...
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Quote from: Big Jeremy on April 26, 2025, 09:06:16 PMWith your teeth is the most common way. Can't say I recommend it, though...
You ain't wrong. Works every time.
The end result will cost a fellow more than 100 rounds of 10 gauge TSS loads, too.
I've seen me do it.
Quote from: Cowboy on April 27, 2025, 05:56:12 AMThose hand held metal detectors (pointer) work....way better than the tooth. Good investment...
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What brand are you using
I stopped at a shop last week, had a #9 tss shot in a small cube of raw meat. A new Garret would not pick it up. Put 3 pellets together on a wooden table, wouldn't detect them either.
That was disappointing.
Quote from: Gooserbat on April 26, 2025, 11:05:03 PMYou realize that a magnet is attracted to tss
I had some #9's that a good magnet wouldn't pick up. They looked the same and weighed the same on a grain scale. I kept them separate and they patterned/performed the same as magnetic tss.
It was a very small percentage from the same batch the magnet wouldn't pick up
This is the deal that makes me a little nervous with tss. I know waterfowl hunters that grind their breast to make sausage and the disk catch the pellets. That said a tss pellet is a lot smaller then steel so I don't know if that would work.
I cube, then grind my goose meat twice and some pellets get past inspection and the grinder. TSS may be harder than steel, but your teeth won't know the difference when you bite down hard.
Quote from: Greg Massey on April 27, 2025, 05:19:08 AMI don't eat the necks ... LOL... no reason for TSS to be in the meat, need to aim better...
I am new here, but that is the most ignorant thing I have ever heard regarding accidental pellets in the meat, lead or tss.
Quote from: WLT III on April 27, 2025, 08:27:19 PMQuote from: Greg Massey on April 27, 2025, 05:19:08 AMI don't eat the necks ... LOL... no reason for TSS to be in the meat, need to aim better...
I am new here, but that is the most ignorant thing I have ever heard regarding accidental pellets in the meat, lead or tss.
It's all in fun... you need to read some of the other posts.... Lot of us understand and have been on this forum a long time and we enjoy the humor ... LOL ...
If it was just "ribbing", I apologize.
Quote from: crow on April 27, 2025, 07:55:01 AMQuote from: Cowboy on April 27, 2025, 05:56:12 AMThose hand held metal detectors (pointer) work....way better than the tooth. Good investment...
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What brand are you using
I stopped at a shop last week, had a #9 tss shot in a small cube of raw meat. A new Garret would not pick it up. Put 3 pellets together on a wooden table, wouldn't detect them either.
That was disappointing.
A cheap one from Amazon. Put a single #9 in a thick book and it detects it. That book is denser than any turkey breast.
Quote from: davisd9 on April 28, 2025, 06:25:27 PMQuote from: crow on April 27, 2025, 07:55:01 AMQuote from: Cowboy on April 27, 2025, 05:56:12 AMThose hand held metal detectors (pointer) work....way better than the tooth. Good investment...
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What brand are you using
I stopped at a shop last week, had a #9 tss shot in a small cube of raw meat. A new Garret would not pick it up. Put 3 pellets together on a wooden table, wouldn't detect them either.
That was disappointing.
A cheap one from Amazon. Put a single #9 in a thick book and it detects it. That book is denser than any turkey breast.
Paper is certainly not more dense than turkey meat.
Quote from: ruination on April 28, 2025, 07:11:25 PMQuote from: davisd9 on April 28, 2025, 06:25:27 PMQuote from: crow on April 27, 2025, 07:55:01 AMQuote from: Cowboy on April 27, 2025, 05:56:12 AMThose hand held metal detectors (pointer) work....way better than the tooth. Good investment...
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What brand are you using
I stopped at a shop last week, had a #9 tss shot in a small cube of raw meat. A new Garret would not pick it up. Put 3 pellets together on a wooden table, wouldn't detect them either.
That was disappointing.
A cheap one from Amazon. Put a single #9 in a thick book and it detects it. That book is denser than any turkey breast.
Paper is certainly not more dense than turkey meat.
One piece yeah, but the center of a hard back book, yes it is.
Quote from: davisd9 on April 28, 2025, 07:50:57 PMQuote from: ruination on April 28, 2025, 07:11:25 PMQuote from: davisd9 on April 28, 2025, 06:25:27 PMQuote from: crow on April 27, 2025, 07:55:01 AMQuote from: Cowboy on April 27, 2025, 05:56:12 AMThose hand held metal detectors (pointer) work....way better than the tooth. Good investment...
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What brand are you using
I stopped at a shop last week, had a #9 tss shot in a small cube of raw meat. A new Garret would not pick it up. Put 3 pellets together on a wooden table, wouldn't detect them either.
That was disappointing.
A cheap one from Amazon. Put a single #9 in a thick book and it detects it. That book is denser than any turkey breast.
Paper is certainly not more dense than turkey meat.
One piece yeah, but the center of a hard back book, yes it is.
Density is a measure of weight over volume. Your book may be thicker.
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Quote from: ruination on April 28, 2025, 07:55:29 PMQuote from: davisd9 on April 28, 2025, 07:50:57 PMQuote from: ruination on April 28, 2025, 07:11:25 PMQuote from: davisd9 on April 28, 2025, 06:25:27 PMQuote from: crow on April 27, 2025, 07:55:01 AMQuote from: Cowboy on April 27, 2025, 05:56:12 AMThose hand held metal detectors (pointer) work....way better than the tooth. Good investment...
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What brand are you using
I stopped at a shop last week, had a #9 tss shot in a small cube of raw meat. A new Garret would not pick it up. Put 3 pellets together on a wooden table, wouldn't detect them either.
That was disappointing.
A cheap one from Amazon. Put a single #9 in a thick book and it detects it. That book is denser than any turkey breast.
Paper is certainly not more dense than turkey meat.
One piece yeah, but the center of a hard back book, yes it is.
Density is a measure of weight over volume. Your book may be thicker.
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I am aware of the formula. Appreciate it.
It was disappointing with the Garret, it's supposed to be one of the better ones.
What is the brand name of yours,I would be interested in getting one.
see if it will detect a #9 pellet in a 1"cube of meat.
The guy at the shop tried the garret on other small pieces of metal, no problem, but like I said wouldn't pick up on 3 uncovered pellets
Quote from: wchadw on April 26, 2025, 08:48:02 PMPut meat in glass bottom pie plate or dish and shine a flashlight thru the meat
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This works well for breast meat. You can clearly see the black pellets in the flesh
Don't know about legs. Never worried about pellets in leg meat but I know some of y'all will need to check.
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Quote from: davisd9 on April 28, 2025, 06:25:27 PMQuote from: crow on April 27, 2025, 07:55:01 AMQuote from: Cowboy on April 27, 2025, 05:56:12 AMThose hand held metal detectors (pointer) work....way better than the tooth. Good investment...
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What brand are you using
I stopped at a shop last week, had a #9 tss shot in a small cube of raw meat. A new Garret would not pick it up. Put 3 pellets together on a wooden table, wouldn't detect them either.
That was disappointing.
A cheap one from Amazon. Put a single #9 in a thick book and it detects it. That book is denser than any turkey breast.
What specific model did you get off of Amazon that worked well?
Quote from: mountainhunter1 on April 29, 2025, 10:06:15 AMI will go ahead and say it and get stoned for it possibly. If you stay inside of 40 yards, there will be few to any pellets in the breast meat. The breast is so tender that they will pass through. I have been digging and digging, but yet to find a TSS #9 in a piece of breast meat from a bird shot inside of forty yards give or take a step.
But I will confess that most of my birds are shot at 30-35. Ain't no breast stopping a TSS 9 at that range unless you shot through some brush to slow it down.
I've pulled lots of Apex #9's out of turkeys shot at 40 yards and much closer.
Quote from: BDeal on April 29, 2025, 10:40:44 AMQuote from: mountainhunter1 on April 29, 2025, 10:06:15 AMI will go ahead and say it and get stoned for it possibly. If you stay inside of 40 yards, there will be few to any pellets in the breast meat. The breast is so tender that they will pass through. I have been digging and digging, but yet to find a TSS #9 in a piece of breast meat from a bird shot inside of forty yards give or take a step.
But I will confess that most of my birds are shot at 30-35. Ain't no breast stopping a TSS 9 at that range unless you shot through some brush to slow it down.
I've pulled lots of Apex #9's out of turkeys shot at 40 yards and much closer.
Killed on last week at 15 yards that had an absolute mess of pellets under the skin...on top of the lead 6s that were already there. I think it might be borderline inedible.
Quote from: BDeal on April 29, 2025, 10:38:50 AMQuote from: davisd9 on April 28, 2025, 06:25:27 PMQuote from: crow on April 27, 2025, 07:55:01 AMQuote from: Cowboy on April 27, 2025, 05:56:12 AMThose hand held metal detectors (pointer) work....way better than the tooth. Good investment...
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What brand are you using
I stopped at a shop last week, had a #9 tss shot in a small cube of raw meat. A new Garret would not pick it up. Put 3 pellets together on a wooden table, wouldn't detect them either.
That was disappointing.
A cheap one from Amazon. Put a single #9 in a thick book and it detects it. That book is denser than any turkey breast.
What specific model did you get off of Amazon that worked well?
Will get you an answer this evening
Quote from: BDeal on April 29, 2025, 10:38:50 AMQuote from: davisd9 on April 28, 2025, 06:25:27 PMQuote from: crow on April 27, 2025, 07:55:01 AMQuote from: Cowboy on April 27, 2025, 05:56:12 AMThose hand held metal detectors (pointer) work....way better than the tooth. Good investment...
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What brand are you using
I stopped at a shop last week, had a #9 tss shot in a small cube of raw meat. A new Garret would not pick it up. Put 3 pellets together on a wooden table, wouldn't detect them either.
That was disappointing.
A cheap one from Amazon. Put a single #9 in a thick book and it detects it. That book is denser than any turkey breast.
What specific model did you get off of Amazon that worked well?
It is like this one.
https://www.amazon.com/Vietora-Eud-Pinpointer-Submersible-Pinpointing/dp/B0CJXN7XV2/ref=asc_df_B0CJXN7XV2?mcid=8033fabe587c3f63873e74146d3f2d23&hvocijid=11546292648303470751-B0CJXN7XV2-&hvexpln=73&tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=721245378154&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11546292648303470751&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9010545&hvtargid=pla-2281435179338&psc=1
Price is right on it also. Betting it's China made so get it quick before the price increases. Same item shows two prices. Click the $18.99 not the $29.88. See this on Amazon all the time. Mine's on the way. Have an uncooked bird in the freezer for the test. Good tip. Thanks.
i was taught to shoot tight chokes and hit the neck or clean miss em.
Got mine from Amazon. Seems ok. Test later. $18.99 worth a shot.
Quote from: Lcmacd 58 on April 26, 2025, 08:47:39 PMFollow the entrance wound
This!! ^^^^
Most accidental meat pellets push in part of the feather and/or some blood with them. That's what I look for, and I don't miss many pellets.
The 18.99 from Amazon seems ok but I have no intention of opening up a 9.00 TSS shell to test one pellet. Will cook one Osceola this week. If any emergency dental work later scheduled will let you know. Been lucky so far.
Quote from: joey46 on May 03, 2025, 10:08:37 AMWill cook one Osceola this week. If any emergency dental work later scheduled will let you know. Been lucky so far.
LOL!!! :TooFunny:
Hopefully you won't crack a tooth!! :anim_25: