pwcguy
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The club leased a piece of land to hunt for the day. It was tough hunting but I managed to dig my first whole artillery shell. A 3 inch Dyer Shell. 
The darn thing was bout 2 1/2 feet down. I wasn't digging much and new that a large amount of artillery was used in the area so I started digging.
I all so dug a large shell fragment from a navy gun boat and a carbine bullet.
Some of the other guys dug a silver 3 cent peice, a 6 pound Borman cannon ball, a large cent, some flat buttons and various bullets.
Update, finished shell in last picture. I'm very happy with the results. The shell came out great and the picture dosn't do it justice. It's looks much nicer when you have it in your hands.
The darn thing was bout 2 1/2 feet down. I wasn't digging much and new that a large amount of artillery was used in the area so I started digging.
I all so dug a large shell fragment from a navy gun boat and a carbine bullet.
Some of the other guys dug a silver 3 cent peice, a 6 pound Borman cannon ball, a large cent, some flat buttons and various bullets.
Update, finished shell in last picture. I'm very happy with the results. The shell came out great and the picture dosn't do it justice. It's looks much nicer when you have it in your hands.
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Having a paper fuse made it easy. If it had a percussion fuse I would have had someone else do it. I just ran a drill bit down the hole by had under water a little bit at a time till I got to the bottom. Then I flushed it with water till all the black stuff came out. Then repeated a few more times just for good measure. I've been soaking it in the electric bucket for for a few days. It held up good, now it's in the oven cooking all the water out of it. 
Tomorrow I will pick the rest of the bad spots and give it a good coating. Haven't decided what to coat it with yet. Some suggestions would be appreciated. 
. Congrats once again! 
