Anyone know?

[sthrngold07]

To tell you a lil story in behind this.I was probably 10yrs old and was guiding an old hand plow behind my Papa which was on the tractor when we hit something hard,he got off the tractor to get it(which he though was a big rock) and this is what he came up outta the dirt with.He had put it up from me thinking it was a mortar head and may not've been fired yet.He passed away in Nov.,but a coupla yrs ago when we went to the nursing home to see him,I asked if he could still remember where he'd put it,if was even still there,OF COurse he knew,he had sucha awesome mind and memory.Anyway he told me exactly where he had hidden it,so now I have it with me and plan on making a display for it,one for it always keeping me in suspense what it was and the main reason is for how much I loved him and respected him!OK.....sorry for that short long story,but I will say that we know the Civil War came through this way and I'm thinking maybe a Parrot Shell or something,but I'd like to fin out what is for sure though.They lived up on a pretty big hill and was where it was found,it weighs appr. 6 1/4lbs.,the base is 2 1/8" wide,and it's 6 5/8" long,Also the grayish looking 'ring' that you see near the bottom seems to be brass maybe copper ....hope this helped.PLEASE,someone know what this is! Thanks for ANY opinions,guesses,info,help,and or whatever you can give me!

 

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[olegoat]

you guys need to do some reading on disarming a civil war shell before you get all panicy. it can be done safely, they have been know to explode when being drilled, i have not done it as of yet but i have read how to do it and have found out that the places that do that do it by remote drill, and with the shell and drill bit under water. check a couple dealers, read what they say about it, i'm not saying its the safest thing to do, but its better than just blowing it up, its lost forever that way, what good does that do?

 

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[BioProfessor]

From the expert's post - #48, it may looks not to be Civil War or contain explosives. That make it nice.

Daryl

 

[TooManyHobbies]

Huh, no, I'm not an explosive expert....but I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night. lol.
Neat find. Hope everyone makes it out alive.

 

[shanegalang]

Holy $%&*!!!!!!!!! You are a heck of alot braver than me!!!! "You'll Put Your Eye Out" Seriously I guess we cant stress enough.......I realize you know the dangers! Continue to be super careful. Good Luck!

 

[buffhunter]

Contact your local Police Department. They have the resources to handle what you have. We just had a local school on the news here in South Florida with similar situation. Live ordinances were found behind the school. They would up being from WW2.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/orl-bomb2507jul25,0,6280160.story