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[Ihatepoisonivy]

 

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[Subterranean]

Interesting items there, are they blasting caps (Stone Quarry Road) or cannon fuses? Sub

 

[Beeps in my sleep]

Nice! They do look like cannon fuses! As subterranean said though they could be blasting caps. I am not to familiar with modern explosives. If they are cannon though ROCK ON!

 

[BosnMate]

Look like fired friction primers to me, what you are calling cannon fuse.
Here are what unfired ones look like.

 

[Beeps in my sleep]

Meant primers lol to early for me

 

[Ihatepoisonivy]

I'm surprised at all I found in a 10 foot radious

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Note the pinched-flat end on them. Actual military-issue cannon primers didn't have that form. They are either blasting-caps or modern Reproduction primers for civil war batle re-enactors (see photo of Repro ones below). The location of the find, "Stone Quarry Road," indicates they are blasting-caps.

 

[Ihatepoisonivy]

Well the actual location was in a battle field , however they were near the top of the ground so it's certainly probable their reproduction.