Artillery:
"All shells have been drilled and deactivated.They are 100% safe."
Rare,unfired 3.67" Hotchkiss shell. This shell was found under an old house in Murfreesboro Tennessee. This rare example is without flame grooves since it was a percussion fuzed shell. The iron is in very good condition since it was under a house and never exposed to the elements or ground action. The iron has a wonderful dark patina. The lead sabot also shows us that it was never exposed to alot of moisture or ground action. There is some minor chipping around the fuze hole. This shell bears the rare Hotchkiss patent info on the base cup. It's very feint but can be seen around the edge. A small piece of the internal plunger fuze assembly is rolling around on the inside. Rare,unfired 3.67" Hotchkiss with lead sabot and patent base at a good price. $350.00
USA intertwined rossettes on the original red and black leather headstall. Nice matching pair of rossettes with mellow chocolate patina. $525.00
Confederate 3" Broun shell with COMPLETE copper sabot!!You don't have to squint to see the clear saw cut flame grooves in the sabot on this unfired example.Recovered at Appomatix,Virginia.These first appeared at Cold Harbor and were designed by Captain W.Leroy Broun the Commander at the Richmond Arsenal.Clear lathe mark on base and typical Virginia ground action on the shell.Iron is solid and stable with no flaking.Rare to see one with the complete sabot. $485.00
Confederate,wood fused,4.62",12 pound polygonel ball from the old Petersburg museum collection.Orange peel texture.Iron is strong and stable Old museum mark on the base,a white circle with a black "1".The polygonel shape on the interior would make better fragmentation upon exploding.Nice dug example. $295.00
Original unopened pack of artillery friction primers from the Frankford Arsenal.Complete with the pull tab.You can just make out the "1864" date.Paper has turned a blue-ish color over the years.A couple tiny holes in the paper just mentioned for exactness.These are getting harder to find.Comes in a nice Ricar case. $285.00
Confederate 20 pound Parrot shell with a nice copper fuze adaptor.Thin iron sabot is mostly intact.You can still make out the lathe dimple on the base.Most likely produced in Richmond,Virginia. $445.00
Two original tin straps for the 12 or 24 pound cannon ball.These went over the ball and were attatched to the wooden sabot.They would be trimmed to the desired length.Would make a great display to find a wooden sabot and put togather.Hard to find item. $65.00 each.
Slick Confederate 12 pounder with the high lip Bormann fuze.Uniform good condition with very,very minor pitting.deactivated and ready for your collection.Dug Charleston, South Carolina. $325.00
I bet your artillery collection doesn't have one of these.Seven of these wooden artillery barrel plugs were dug togather along the Chattahoochee River in Columbus Georgia.The digger kept four of these and the other two are in private hands.Very dense,thick wood in great,solid condition.These were used to plug the cannon barrel when not in use.Roughly 8 1/2 inches tall by 8 inches,tapering down to 6 inches, wide.Weight is 15 pounds.Would compliment any begining or advanced collection. $325.00
Nice complete pack of five second Frankford Arsenal fuzes shrink wrapped and ready to go. $140.00
Very nice condition non dug Militia false embroidered Artillery hat pin. Figure 270 in O'donnells book.Made between 1855-1865. Retains the wires on the reverse. Original early militia hatpin and not a Bannermans. $315.00
Through some horse trading, once again I am pleased to offer this Ketchum three pound hand grenade found at Clear Creek Trestle, KY.. Good dug example with nice iron. Ages ago the digger painted "Ketchum grenade" on one side. These are becoming much harder to find. $850.00
Frankford Arsonal pack of 12 second fuses dated 1863. Very good condition. Nice green color to paper. Slight paper loss but it enables you to see the fuses. Encased in clear protective wrap. Good mid war date. $150.00
Shell fragments in various sizes. $5.00 a piece.