I find these fairly regularly on cape cod beaches but I have no ideal what they may be. Does anyone know? It may not be clear in the picture but they are very thin wall brass or copper tube.
Thank DCMatt, mystery solved. I wonder how many of these I have thrown away over the years! These three are just what I could quickly pull out of the recent piles on my kitchen table.
Thank DCMatt, mystery solved. I wonder how many of these I have thrown away over the years! These three are just what I could quickly pull out of the recent piles on my kitchen table.
My son has a couple of these from a reenactment battle last summer. He is our company field drummer but one of the artillery crews was a man short so he volunteered to run powder for them. They gave him spent fuses to remember his first (and probably last) artillery engagement.
These are placed in the vent or "touch hole" of the piece and a lanyard is attached to the wire loop. Pull the lanyard and BOOM! The spent fuses shoot up in the air and can land up to 100 feet away from the piece.