the_great_waldo
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Waldo,
I certainly not the expert like TCBG, but this doesn't look like a shell fragment to me.
Good luck with your ID.
DCMatt
I certainly not the expert like TCBG, but this doesn't look like a shell fragment to me.
Good luck with your ID.
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Sorry I can not id for you.
Don't know my Artillery , as I never have found a Complete Shell.
I have dug Frags And a Good Size Sabot Piece in the past.
Your piece has the right patina & came from a historic area.
How big Is it?
Don't know my Artillery , as I never have found a Complete Shell.
I have dug Frags And a Good Size Sabot Piece in the past.
Your piece has the right patina & came from a historic area.
How big Is it?
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I'm certain that it is a blown-off piece of the lead sabot on a civil war era Hotchkiss artillery shell. Based on comparing its size with your fingers, I estimate it to be from a 3-inch caliber shell. A small portion of the shell's wedge-shaped iron base-cup "lip" is stuck in the edge of your Hotchkiss lead sabot fragment. The photo below shows a sawed-in-half civil war 3"-caliber Hotchkiss shell. You'll probably be able to spot the base-cup's wedge-shaped lip under the lead sabot in that photo.
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As always thank you for your help and your willingness to share your knowledge. What is interesting to me is to be able to put my finds into a historical perspective. With your help identifying the types of fragments I have found on a piece of property on the first day's field at Gettysburg I know what batteries they came from. All recovered on private property with permission.
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