Confederate Braun Shell

[Dinwiddie Digger]

This is my best find on 2025. It is a Confederate Braun Shell. It is my very first shell ever. A very kind and wise gentleman disarmed it for me. I cleaned it up and am very happy

 

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[Fredneck]

Great shell !! Congrats. My first shell was over 30 years ago and still a very memorable moment that I still love to share with others.

 

[pepperj]

Now that's a great looking way of displaying it.
Is that the powder in the other container?
Congratulations on the save.

 

[Dinwiddie Digger]

Now that's a great looking way of displaying it.
Is that the powder in the other container?
Congratulations on the save.

Thank you. Yes that is just a bit of the dry powder that was removed from the shell during disarming. It was a very neat process to watch.

 

[pepperj]

Thank you. Yes that is just a bit of the dry powder that was removed from the shell during disarming. It was a very neat process to watch.

Was it drilled under water?

 

[ncsuwolf]

Was it drilled under water?

Had the same question assuming the powder in jar came from shell

 

[Dinwiddie Digger]

Was it drilled under water?

I'm not sure the person that did it took it inside and drilled it. I was able to watch the flushing out process after

 

[The Rebel]

Awesome find, never heard of that type of shell.

I seem to remember that normally a shell is drilled in desiel oil @TheCannonballGuy

 

[Dinwiddie Digger]

Thank you. The gentleman that drilled it for me is a Civil War Artillery expert. He show me the shell in a books and told me it was the more scarce Confederate Broun Long shel. There is a short and a long Broun pattern. I had never heard of it either until he showed me it in the book

 

[Gare]

i love digging cannon shells

 

[Dinwiddie Digger]

i love digging cannon shells

This was my first ever shell. I'm pretty happy with it