Dug shotshell headstamp - some help, please

[eyemustdigtreasure]

Dug a shotshell headstamp fragment.

It reads:

U.M.C. Co
No 12
HIGH BASE

How OLD is it??

I checked out several websites that I normally use to date these relics, no help...,
but, this one is the first of its kind I've encountered, in over ten years detecting.

many thanks!!

 

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[Pepper06]

did you try and search turttlefoot headstamp project

 

[Older The Better]

yes his website is what I use for all mine, umc co is generally old they got bought out by one of the big names in the early 1900's I think... but most of my umc co are from 1890 - 1910 ish

 

[Beshires1]

umchbs12-001 U.M.C. CO. No 12 HIGH BASE

Head and primer appear to be the same metal (non-magnetic). Brass height is medium-high with no design around the outside. 1896-1900 C 5 04-25-2014 This date range comes from original UMC catalogs. I know very little about this line of shells.

 

[pistol-pete]

To help date it. Headstamp changed to REM-UMC in 1912

 

[Tpmetal]

I still keep tossing those things I have dug so many. People keep telling me to keep em, but I don't see the point?

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

UMC Headstamps

The site above will help you match the style to the date. 1896 to 1900 if it is as you describe.

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

did you try and search turttlefoot headstamp project

Thanks, I will.
Often, you know, it might be the lowly shotshell head, that might be THE only way to date the use of the site...!

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

umchbs12-001 U.M.C. CO. No 12 HIGH BASE

Head and primer appear to be the same metal (non-magnetic). Brass height is medium-high with no design around the outside. 1896-1900 C 5 04-25-2014 This date range comes from original UMC catalogs. I know very little about this line of shells.

Whoa!
Thanks very much for the info!!
(love this forum!)

Cartridge collectors will most of the time, won't consider retaining the beat-up fragment of a rare shell,
unless there isn't an example..., ANYWHERE!

...to me, this relic tells a story - and adds to the whole picture of that point in time....

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

UMC Headstamps

The site above will help you match the style to the date. 1896 to 1900 if it is as you describe.

Thanks to you and another member, I have all the "ammo" I need, to i.d. any shotshell (good website) that I might find....!

 

[Icewing]

I have a quart jar that won't hold any more headstamps, I'm just waiting for them to become the next big thing to collect. The same goes for those porcelain discs from old mason jar lids, I call them porcelain dollars (fingers crossed). My wife calls it hoarding.