Bells, relics again, exploded grenade shell

[Aquila]

Some digs from last two hunts from field site and forest where fighting lasted a month during our 1918 war. Nice bike bell, also another bell from field, Finnish army WW2 button, russian eagle bale seals. From forest I found exploded grenade shell next to explosion hole that was still visible. And there is more in that forest.

 

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[steelheadwill]

Love that Bell, nice war relics and seals !
thanks for showing.
Best Digs to you

 

[mastereagle22]

Very interesting finds. I would really like to just be able to walk around fields where that action took place. Detecting it would be even better.

 

[HISPAN]

Nice Bell and coins... congrats!
H

 

[timekiller]

Nice finds. I think the piece is from a artillery shell.As it still has some of the band around it.
Take Care,
Pete,

1st- HEP projectiles (Figure 28) are also called high-explosive squash head (HESH) projectiles. HEP projectiles deform when they hit the target: The nose flattens against the wall of the target, and then the explosives detonate. The explosion causes material from the inside of the target to be blown off, creating lethal fragments within the target

2nd- Shrapnel shells are another form of antipersonnel shells. They were first developed by Henry Shrapnel in the 1780s and were originally called case shot. Shrapnel shells were phased out of use by most countries by the end of WW2. Modern (post-1900) shrapnel shells are are filled with lead balls in a matrix of resin. The lead balls are called shrapnel (fragments from any other type of shell are shell fragments, not shrapnel). The shells are time fuzed and have an expelling charge that causes the balls to be expelled out the front of the shell above the target. The balls then spread out and hit the target. Figure 31 shows a photo of a shrapnel shell and a diagram of how they work.



Figure 31 3.8-inch shrapnel shell (left) {WWI} and diagram showing how a shrapnel shell functions (right).