is this an armstrong field gun piece of shell or of an 1860 british hand grenade

[Des from down under]

HI I would appreciate a thought on this, found same place same depth as mortar frags battle site of the 1860s in n/z.
The round item on left of pic is covered in a sort of zinc and is 2 and 5/16 th in diam and about 5/8th of an inch thick, they mention the use of grenades and coehorns and armstrongs..the little segment on the right is the same in circumfrence and segmented with a zinc type coating in places, could this be part of the same..by the way it has a centre hole one side and four indented holes on the other side like for fitting or removing, but it dosent seem to have a thread as such..love your thoughts ..des from n/z

 

[trikikiwi]

Great finds Des
Excellent pic. Unfortunately, I'm unable to help with an ID.
Maybe another pic of the back of the object will help us all to envisage a use for it.
I've sent a message to sasnz to check out your post. He is a Heavy Art'y fan.
Cheers, Mike

 

[Des from down under]

Great finds Des
Excellent pic. Unfortunately, I'm unable to help with an ID.
Maybe another pic of the back of the object will help us all to envisage a use for it.
I've sent a message to sasnz to check out your post. He is a Heavy Art'y fan.
Cheers, Mike

doing now thanks,,sorry about the huge pics but these things are big..you guys want to link up sometime

 

[trikikiwi]

"doing now thanks,,sorry about the huge pics but these things are big..you guys want to link up sometime" Sounds like a plan!
I can't view your pics without resizing them - so here they are again

 

[Monty]

Looks like pieces of a cannon ball to me. I think the fuse would screw in where the threads are seen. I don't have a clue what that smaller item may be? Monty

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Looks like pieces of a cannon ball to me. I think the fuse would screw in where the threads are seen. I don't have a clue what that smaller item may be? Monty

I agree with Monty.



The left smaller item almost looks like a fuse but I am not familiar with these..

Cool find

 

[Lucas]

Re: is this an armstrong field gun piece of shell or of an 1860 british hand gre

5.8" would be a coehorn mortal shell.

This is a Armstrong:

 

[Des from down under]

Re: is this an armstrong field gun piece of shell or of an 1860 british hand gre

5.8" would be a coehorn mortal shell.

This is a Armstrong:

THANKS LUCAS...

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I dont know anything about these and shouldnt even be posting but I found this cross sectional pic of a cannonball and thought Id post it. It shows how thick these are.

 

[Des from down under]

I dont know anything about these and shouldnt even be posting but I found this cross sectional pic of a cannonball and thought Id post it. It shows how thick these are.

thats a great info pic for me to save in a special place..thanks for that..bigcypresshunter....cheers

 

[trikikiwi]

Des, I wonder if the smaller circular item you found is a 'vent piece' for the Armstrong.
It's hard to make out the detail in this pic and I'm no expert - but......

from this page http://www.riv.co.nz/rnza/hist/local/rbl6.htm

from this excellent resource
http://www.riv.co.nz/rnza/ochist.htm

You could send a pic of that piece to Waiouru Museum to see if they can help with the ID.

Mike

 

[Des from down under]

Des, I wonder if the smaller circular item you found is a 'vent piece' for the Armstrong.
It's hard to make out the detail in this pic and I'm no expert - but......


from this page http://www.riv.co.nz/rnza/hist/local/rbl6.htm

from this excellent resource
http://www.riv.co.nz/rnza/ochist.htm

You could send a pic of that piece to Waiouru Museum to see if they can help with the ID.

Mike

YES THATS NOT A BAD IDEA

 

[Monty]

I think my major problem is I don't know what an Armstrong field gun is! Sorry I couldn't help. Monty

 

[Des from down under]

I think my major problem is I don't know what an Armstrong field gun is! Sorry I couldn't help. Monty

thats cool monty you cant be good at everything..thanks for your help anyway,