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CarlS

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Re: Rare shrapnel
« Reply #90 on: May 13, 2018, 09:00:29 PM »
The biggest frag of mine is about 1/3 of a 13-inch mortar.  i was walking into the Franklin Show with a crate on my shoulder going to my table and saw it sitting on another table.  I liked it and was interested but the table owner was busy talking to another person so I thought I'd just finish my trip with the crate and come back and find out the details.  I took about 3 or 4 steps and thought to myself "if you walk away and this is a good price it won't be here when you get back.".  So I set my crate down, waited on the owner,  found out it was a good price and bought it.  It was one of those rare times I didn't let something get away.  Glad I did as I really like it.  I've had it at a couple shows and it gets lots of attention.
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Re: Rare shrapnel
« Reply #91 on: May 16, 2018, 04:53:45 PM »
Carl, you were smart getting it when you did, otherwise it would have been in my collection about 7 1/2 minutes later!  ;)

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Re: Rare shrapnel
« Reply #92 on: May 19, 2018, 08:13:03 AM »
picture?
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Re: Rare shrapnel
« Reply #93 on: May 20, 2018, 11:24:24 PM »
Here ya go!  Sorry but was too lazy to move it out and get a better view of it.  It's not light.  It sits between a 13-inch mortar from Memphis and an 11-inch ball from Charleston.  Note the 100-lber Parrott with the rivet base just below it.

Now you post one!
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« Reply #94 on: May 27, 2018, 06:04:21 PM »
here are reconstructed haynes shells both 6 and 12 pounders. dug in kentucky.  Also last year i dug an excelsior grenade

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Re: Rare shrapnel
« Reply #95 on: May 28, 2018, 07:16:42 AM »
good stuff

CarlS

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Re: Rare shrapnel
« Reply #96 on: May 29, 2018, 02:55:25 AM »
Jim: Very nice and rare displays.  Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Rare shrapnel
« Reply #97 on: May 30, 2018, 08:00:17 AM »
Killer stuff! 

Great reconstruction!

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Re: Rare shrapnel
« Reply #98 on: June 01, 2018, 02:54:17 AM »
The title of this thread is "Rare shrapnel".  I'm posting this as not as a shrapnel piece from a rare shell but rare from the perspective of how the shell fragmented.  This is a short pattern 30-lber case shot shell that when it blew left this interesting fragment.  The nose is intact and the base is intact and both are joined by a thin piece of what.  It still has a complete sabot with great rifling and the nice white time fuse is still there.  In the nose around the bottom of the fuse can be seen a few lead case shot balls.  Traces of matrix is still evident on the iron in powder cavity.  The 3rd (out of focus) image has a Williams Cleaner bullet in the powder cavity for perspective.  Sorry the images aren't better.  I got this as part of a collection I purchased.  It was found in the Vicksburg area.  It would clean up great but I tend to like the dug look on it.
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Re: Rare shrapnel
« Reply #99 on: June 01, 2018, 12:11:31 PM »
Ah, that's cool.  I've seen a 6.4" parrott with a similar side blow out.   


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Re: Rare shrapnel
« Reply #100 on: June 02, 2018, 12:43:58 AM »
One of the big boys done like that would really be cool.
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Re: Rare shrapnel
« Reply #101 on: June 07, 2018, 10:24:25 PM »
Fort Fisher museum has a really nice 6.4 Parrott long patter with the side blown out.

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Re: Rare shrapnel
« Reply #102 on: June 08, 2018, 02:25:31 PM »
Here is one, but from Charleston.  The 3 Brookes are from the Spanish Fort, AL area.


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Re: Rare shrapnel
« Reply #103 on: June 08, 2018, 09:20:40 PM »
good stuff

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Re: Rare shrapnel
« Reply #104 on: August 29, 2018, 10:53:18 AM »
I agree very nice stuff. I am gonna start adding to my shrapnel collection. don't have anything rare except the sideloader read.
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