Bomb of a find

[aa battery]

Ok i found this in an old home tear down site. I know what it is but do you?

 

[aa battery]

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[Aeroboy]

It’s either half of one of Jayne Mansfield’s petrified braziers... or a piece of shrapnel from the tip of a bomb.... :-)

 

[aa battery]

smart

 

[ecmjamsit]

Artillery Shell Fuse

Artillery shell fuse for setting an air burst. You can kill more people that way.

 

[aa battery]

your smart also

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Actually delayed impact fuse, Airburst shells of that era are typically base fused as I remember, but this one has the percussion cap which makes it impact fired

 

[RebelYeller]

Great find man!!

 

[jewelerguy]

that's something you don't find every day

 

[aa battery]

I think WW1

 

[Bamadad53]

It is a timed burst fuse for a aerial burst. Timed burst was used before they invented the proximity fuse in WW2.

Bamadad

 

[aa battery]

ok

 

[aa battery]

I learn from all of you thats why i joined

 

[Trapper340]

Thats one cool find. Congratulations

 

[Kurios1]

Wow, now that's a cool old historic find you may never see dug up again. Very nice find mate. I wonder how it got under your coil?

 

[Westfront]

By shape of the fuze i date it WWI. Looks like the shell had thin wall thickness so most likely shrapnel.

 

[CRUSADER]

By shape of the fuze i date it WWI. Looks like the shell had thin wall thickness so most likely shrapnel.

I agree, found a complete un-dug one once.

 

[against the wind]

Glad it didn't go BOOM,, when you picked it up.
Congrats on an unusual find.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Very nice. Also different !