RE: Finding sheds early.
Angus 74, I work in bullet assembly. That means that I put the lead and jacket together. I mostly make pistol bullets. Depending on which presses I run, I make 150,000 to 250,000 bullets in a 8 hr day. Our run rates are 2.8 million pistol & 300 thousand rifle a day.
I am not very good at finding sheds. I have only found 4 in 4 years. I think that you need a little luck, just like deer hunting.