civil war shell fuse. the find that almost wasnt!

[Calabash Digger]

I dug this today and being the dummy i am I put it in the trash pile . My buddy who is a relic guru saved it for me when he saw it . I owe this find to him ! anymore info on it would be great.lesson learned if in doubt dont throw it out!

 

[relic nut]

I know nothing about it but it's #am cool!
Maybe Cannonball guy or someone else will enlighten us. Congrats.

HH, Relic Nut

 

[UnderMiner]

Cool! Sometimes these were blasted out after the explosion. Maybe it came from an exploded shell.

 

[SC Keith]

That was a fun hunt! It should have an anchor symbol after the ORD. Hopefully a nice war date for you. i bet that one was fired from a federal gunboat!

 

[trapperart]

Congrats

 

[williedigit]

Sorry about the repost phone issues

I dug this today and being the dummy i am I put it in the trash pile . My buddy who is a relic guru saved it for me when he saw it . I owe this find to him !View attachment 1310905View attachment 1310906View attachment 1310907View attachment 1310908View attachment 1310909View attachment 1310908 anymore info on it would be great.lesson learned if in doubt dont throw it out!

 

[Calabash Digger]

I have one just like clean the rim good and it should have an anchor and a date on it mine was 1862View attachment 1310994

how did you clean it? I can make an anchor out very faint but cant get a date.

 

[JBnNC]

Great find, there should be a date on it. A great source on bullets, artillery, fuses, etc. is " Civil War Projectiles II Small Arms & Field Artillery" (ISBN 0-942365-08-9). There are 58 fuse photos with descriptions. Yours looks to be a "USA Naval water tight paper time fuse"...photo of the top view looks like Williedigit's photo. Again congrats!

 

[Patriot Relics]

Nice looking fuse, standing by for the date-if it were mine I would use a soft brass bristle brush and a bit of mineral oil to clean up the top

 

[parsonwalker]

No disrespect to my brother VMI Digger, but before you go the brush route, let it dry out VERY thoroughly and take a wooden toothpick to it. You might can "flake off" some of the extra-dry corrosion and find nice smooth brass beneath - like toothpicking a button. It has to be BONE dry for this to work. If that doesn't work, I'd try a little naval jelly, and resort to the brush if all else fails (VMI pointed out BRASS brush and I agree). But in all honesty, if the first two methods don't work, it's unlikely you have enough metal there to see a date. We don't see naval shells in my neck of the woods, so SUPER fuse. I'm going to PM you before I head your way the first week in August . . .

 

[masterjedi]

Please quit posting the same thing 3 times...

 

[Calabash Digger]

Please quit posting the same thing 3 times...

I thought more people would see it are we not suppose to put it in different places? it was a todays find and it is a military relic and I found it with my deus so thats why I put it in those places.

 

[etex]

You can also post it in the civil war forum and the forum for your state

 

[Tommy G]

Good thing that you had a friend that was able to ID that fuse. I probably would have chucked it with the rest of my trash! Great find, and thanks for sharing!