olddude
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Well the long hot days of summer are over and the other day I was looking over some of the stuff I had not took the time to put away and decided to take some pics. Sometimes when I come in I am too tired to properly clean and put away my finds for the day and just stow them away in a big cabinet over my work bench to wait for the cold days of winter to get them out for a good cleaning and proper ID.
I never found too many cannon balls or shells and when I first found this shell and small cannon shot I thought they both had fuses in them so for obvious reasons I didn't take them into the house no matter how bad I wanted to. When I got a chance to look them over I found that two of the larger balls were 12 lb solid shot so they went right to my relic shelf. The smaller ball is around 3.15" and weighs 4.10 lbs. I think it had a wooden fuse that had long ago rotted away but it still has powder in it. I have carefully removed some of it but most of it is packed so tightly it is hard to pick out.
The shell is 2.77" and 5.76 long. It's missing the sabot but I'll take it just the same. I'm pretty sure it's a Hotchkiss shell but haven't had the time to really check it out. It has the fuse holder inserted but the actual fuse was missing. I've been trying to decide weather to try and dig out the powder or just leave it as is.
These pieces are probably the high light of my year. I hunted all these years and never found one.......well I did find a 30 lb Parrot shell years ago and a 6 lb solid shot but someone stole them, probably a friend or relative, so I don't count them anymore.
The brass spur was nice too. I found it in about the same spot as my Texas button I found last year. Actually every piece is nice, every bullet, rivet, down to the old 1924 dog license and the many copper coins that had long ago given up any identifying marks are now prized possessions that I can hopefully keep until I am no more.
I didn't think I would have a good year this year because I have been so busy trying to complete my new building. A few hours here and there really pays off sometime. It seems those short hunts work out better that the long planned out ones.
OH sorry for the crappy pictures....I never claimed to be a photographer.
I never found too many cannon balls or shells and when I first found this shell and small cannon shot I thought they both had fuses in them so for obvious reasons I didn't take them into the house no matter how bad I wanted to. When I got a chance to look them over I found that two of the larger balls were 12 lb solid shot so they went right to my relic shelf. The smaller ball is around 3.15" and weighs 4.10 lbs. I think it had a wooden fuse that had long ago rotted away but it still has powder in it. I have carefully removed some of it but most of it is packed so tightly it is hard to pick out.
The shell is 2.77" and 5.76 long. It's missing the sabot but I'll take it just the same. I'm pretty sure it's a Hotchkiss shell but haven't had the time to really check it out. It has the fuse holder inserted but the actual fuse was missing. I've been trying to decide weather to try and dig out the powder or just leave it as is.
These pieces are probably the high light of my year. I hunted all these years and never found one.......well I did find a 30 lb Parrot shell years ago and a 6 lb solid shot but someone stole them, probably a friend or relative, so I don't count them anymore.
The brass spur was nice too. I found it in about the same spot as my Texas button I found last year. Actually every piece is nice, every bullet, rivet, down to the old 1924 dog license and the many copper coins that had long ago given up any identifying marks are now prized possessions that I can hopefully keep until I am no more.
I didn't think I would have a good year this year because I have been so busy trying to complete my new building. A few hours here and there really pays off sometime. It seems those short hunts work out better that the long planned out ones.
OH sorry for the crappy pictures....I never claimed to be a photographer.
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3 ring .58 cal with some paper left.JPG108 KB · Views: 623