Possibly a civil war fuse? What kind? Not a fuse????

[bartshop62]

I know nothing about american civil war relics i just started. I found this metal detecting in a civil war site area. what is this? If its a fuse what type because ive never seen this type exploded ever. Is it practice? or battle american civil war relic. How old could it possibly be? Also how do i clean the dirt off without cleaning of the nice patina how do i clean it the correct way without ruining it. also hard dirt dirt. Is it a confederate or union slash yankee lol.View attachment 1917968

 

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[TheCannonballGuy]

If anybody here in the Civil War Artifacts forum cares to know... Bartshop also posted it in the What Is It? forum, where I identified it as a zinc civil war yankee Parrott artillery shell timefuze adapter-plug, and this "extra-long" version was made for use in Heavy Caliber cannons, not Field Artillery.

 

[DizzyDigger]

If anybody here in the Civil War Artifacts forum cares to know... Bartshop also posted it in the What Is It? forum, where I identified it as a zinc civil war yankee Parrott artillery shell timefuze adapter-plug, and this "extra-long" version was made for use in Heavy Caliber cannons, not Field Artillery.

Very cool...

I looked for that other thread and could not locate it.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

DizzyDigger wrote:
> I looked for that other thread and could not locate it.

Go here:
Sorry for repost. It did not post right do u see the pictures? (treasurenet.com)