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Me and Will (Buckleboy) got out on the civil war battle site again Friday and Saturday. Here are some pictures of some of my finds. The picture of a complete Schenkl Shell is for reference to show the percussion fuse I found. Was informed by an expert that because the fuse I found has a rounded lip, it is much more rare. This is a copy of the email concerning this fuse.
" Buckleboy's hunting-buddy found what is definitely the blown-off top of a brass Schenkl Percussion fuze.
It seems to be the "Pre-Patent" version of brass Schenkl fuze. Unlike most Schenkl fuzes, the brass Pre-Patent version does not have a marking which gives Schenkl's name and the fuze's Patent-date ...because it was manufactured before the US Patent for that fuze was issued, on Oct. 16, 1861. (That is why we fuze-collectors call the unmarked version the "Pre-Patent" model.) It is MUCH scarcer than the Patent-dated version. Other than the absence of the Patent-date, the only noteworthy difference between the two brass Schenkl models is that the Pre-Patent version's top has a "rounded" lip. Because the patent info cannot be stamped onto its rounded lip, the shape of the lip's edge on the after-Patent version was changed to be completely flat-topped.
I cannot be 100%-certain that it is the Pre-patent version, because a "straight-down-on-it" photo doesn't show the lip's shape very well. For confirmation that it is the rounded-lip version, I need a sideview photo."
Enjoy
" Buckleboy's hunting-buddy found what is definitely the blown-off top of a brass Schenkl Percussion fuze.
It seems to be the "Pre-Patent" version of brass Schenkl fuze. Unlike most Schenkl fuzes, the brass Pre-Patent version does not have a marking which gives Schenkl's name and the fuze's Patent-date ...because it was manufactured before the US Patent for that fuze was issued, on Oct. 16, 1861. (That is why we fuze-collectors call the unmarked version the "Pre-Patent" model.) It is MUCH scarcer than the Patent-dated version. Other than the absence of the Patent-date, the only noteworthy difference between the two brass Schenkl models is that the Pre-Patent version's top has a "rounded" lip. Because the patent info cannot be stamped onto its rounded lip, the shape of the lip's edge on the after-Patent version was changed to be completely flat-topped.
I cannot be 100%-certain that it is the Pre-patent version, because a "straight-down-on-it" photo doesn't show the lip's shape very well. For confirmation that it is the rounded-lip version, I need a sideview photo."
Enjoy
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