🔎 UNIDENTIFIED CW SHELL, Fence Post, decorative?

[Alan Payne]

I found this yesterday and don’t know what it is. Does anyone recognize what this is? I believe the cap is brass, might be copper. It is filled with iron, weighs about 5 pounds and has some decorative design on side and top. Thanks for all the help and interest

 

[Retired Sarge]

Can't remember what it was determined to be, but we've had several posted over the years.

 

[Retired Sarge]

Found the previous post.

Calling all experts. Another mystery artillery piece

This is from the same collection as the VB grenade. It is a real enigma. You guys solved that one though so lets put the experts to work again. The artillery collection was primarily civil war but was inclusive up to about 1910 Is a cast iron core with a copper jacket wrapped around it. The...

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[Gare]

Could very well be a type of pole cap

 

[GlowingArtist]

Found the previous post.

Calling all experts. Another mystery artillery piece

This is from the same collection as the VB grenade. It is a real enigma. You guys solved that one though so lets put the experts to work again. The artillery collection was primarily civil war but was inclusive up to about 1910 Is a cast iron core with a copper jacket wrapped around it. The...

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Why do you think these are the same?

I say cap on some kind of pole, maybe electric? 1950's-1960's.

 

[Retired Sarge]

Why do you think these are the same?

I say cap on some kind of pole, maybe electric? 1950's-1960's.

Because if you read through the linked post, there are examples like the one posted here, and there is mention of the "T" like impressions.

See 2 pictures below from the linked post and 1 picture from this post. Notice the similarities, that is why I linked it. They are slightly different in dimensions, but serve the same purpose, which we don't know what is yet

So this is why I think they are the same/similar. Unless you can argue against my reasoning, I'll stick with my assumptions.

Pic 1 image from linked post.
Pic 2 image from linked post
Pic 3 image from this post.

 

[Alan Payne]

Because if you read through the linked post, there is an example like the one posted here, and there is mention of the "T" like impressions.

See 2 pictures below from the linked post and 1 picture from this post. Notice the similarities, that is why I linked it. They are slightly different in dimensions, but serve the same purpose, which we don't know what is yet

So this is why I think they are the same/similar. Unless you can argue against my reasoning, I'll stick with my assumptions.

Pic 1 image from linked post.
Pic 2 image from linked post
Pic 3 image from this post.

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Ok guys this is getting very interesting. I can tell you that I found this object on the site of the home of the Famed Lola Sanchez Confederate Spy. Two weeks ago I also found what some have referred to a Confederate Artillery Hammer. The Hammer is in Electrolysis right now. I will post a picture of it when it is preserved. I mention this because that now makes three references to the Confederacy at the said property.Very interesting

 

[Retired Sarge]

These things are an enigma that is for sure....!

I've exhausted my vocabulary looking for examples with a definitive ID and I've come up blank, oh and with a headache from eye-strain.

Not a one off item, as several have appeared. All believed to be artillery projectiles, but no known example of this exists in any known literature or research. One would think that with the magnitude of Civil War Artillery researchers, that someone would have an illustration or photo of one.

Most of these have originated from people's collections with the story of having been found at/on Civil War battlefields, encampments, and being a projectile.

We'll be chasing this puzzle (True ID) for years, until someone finds one in its actual environment (Use).

Just the humble and uneducated opinion of a military history buff.