shell base?

[arrowhead82]

Need some help iding this object. I am fairly sure it is a base and a fuse, I was just wondering what era. thanks!

 

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[TheCannonballGuy]

The marking saying "Lot 428" confirms that your find is part of the base of an exploded artillery shell, with a portion of its base-mounted fuze. But the fuze is too badly damaged and incomplete for me to give you a specific identification. Your photos show some additional ID-markings on the brass that are out-of-focus. You can examine the markings in-person, so please tell us as all of the markings you can make out with certainty.

The type of fracturing seen on the shell base's body indicates the base is made of cast-iron instead of steel... which when combined with having a base-mounted fuze suggests that the shell is from the Spanish-American War era -- thought it may be as late as World War One.

 

[tennessee]

Hoping you would respond, CannonballGuy. Very interesting.

 

[arrowhead82]

Cannonball guy: Thank you for the reply! The out of focus markings that you mentioned read as follows ; 73 3 51 15.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Thank you for making and posting the closeup photos, and telling us what the unclear markings say. Unfortunately, I do not recognize the "coding system" for interpreting them (except for the "lot number").

As I've said in other posts, my specialty area of relic study has been Ordnance from the 1800s-and-earlier. But in my online research about such Ordnance, I found a Militaria website forum which has occasionally been helpful about military projectiles from the 1900s. I suggest you post your photos of what seems to be an artillery projectile base-fuze from the 1900s there. You'll have to register to post, like here at TreasureNet, and it is free.
Link to that forum's "Ordnance & Ammo" category:
Ordnance and ammo at War relics forum