Civil War Artillery ?

[Smilodon]

Just found a new spot a couple days ago, so far a twenty dollar gold piece, two slave tags both servant, three ringers, South Carolina button........... my friends found most of the stuff, I ended up with bottles bullets and a piece of slave tag and a bunch of other stuff. the piece I am unsure about is this massive brass and lead piece. it is around 6" tall and weighs a ton. my friend thought it was an artillery piece but was not sure. any ideas

 

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[trapperart]

No help here, but I bet that thing lit you up

 

[Icewing]

Looks like a lead pipe with a brass flange, my guess would be an old drain pipe.

 

[relic nut]

Cool find. I'd like to see the$20 gold piece! Should be lots of good stuff there

HH, RN

 

[DetectingGodlikeOnOlympus]

A Twenty dollar gold piece you say?

Hey now!

 

[Smilodon]

A Twenty dollar gold piece you say?

Hey now!

The twenty dollar gold piece was actually found surface hunting the area, unebelievable, Stopped by today and a shield nickel and a Hibernia was found, I only found lots of targets but did find a button.

 

[ivan salis]

lead sabot outer sheathing for a artillery shell

 

[NOLA_Ken]

WAy too big for a sabot, and the flanged edge of the brass tells me that's not likely... looks like an old time toilet flange to me.

 

[vpnavy]

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[1320]

WAy too big for a sabot, and the flanged edge of the brass tells me that's not likely... looks like an old time toilet flange to me.

My house still has it's original toilet flange, looks just like OP's image. My flange is brass on top, lead (or some softer metal) on the bottom.

 

[d2]

I'd like to see the slave tags...d2

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Speaking as a 40-year digger and dealer of civil war (and earlier) artillery projectiles, I can tell you with certainty it absolutely is not an artillery projectile, nor a part of one.

I agree with NOLA_Ken... it's a toilet flange.