To similar iron objects found over a mile apart on a CW battlefield.

[Cycluran]

Two similar iron objects found over a mile apart on a CW battlefield.

I found the first one of these and thought it looked like an iron fuse plug, perhaps to a Confederate shell, but I can't find any record of such a thing. Then over a year later and a mile away, I found another. There were shell fragments nearby in both cases. One end is slightly tapered and there is no threading. Any ideas?

 

[HutSiteDigger]

We have a projectile expert here "CannonBallGuy" who wrote a book on the subject... Hopefully he will be on soon too help you ID this.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Sorry, but I do not recognize them as a projectile -- nor a part of one -- from any era of Artillery history.

 

[Cycluran]

Thanks, CannonballGuy. Being from Richmond, are you familiar with Varina Plantation, on the north side of the James River?

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

I know where it's at, and I've seen it from the I-295 bridge, but I've never visited it, because I don't have permission to relic-hunt there.

 

[Cycluran]

So you can see it from the bridge. That's good to know. I plan on taking a trip down there from Alexandria to see it. Thx.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Just in case you don't already know... here's some historical background info and location info (which mentions the Enon Bridge on I-295):
Varina Farms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia