It gets even worse. Some of it hadn't even been invented yet, apparently!
Look at this item and make note of my question to the "Seller" regarding the "de-milled" question. He sent me a message asking what "de-milled" meant. God forbid a bottom-fused shell - which it in fact is but has apparently had the fuse removed if I read the photo right. I did forward the email to Bart for a better date estimate - I'm guessing 1895-1995 generally.
But, HE LIVES NEAR GETTYSBURG (York, PA his listing says)
AND "THIS MAY HAVE COME FROM THERE! WHO KNOWS?"
God, do please help us all. As I have said on many occasions, if all the ebay/other gift shop trash that was advertised/sold as having G-burg provenance - real, implied or alluded to - was in fact dug/found there then the entire county would look like that big open pit copper mine out in Utah.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Civil-War-Era-Large-Artillery-Shell-/161059870200?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item257fea95f8I suppose I have become jaded by so many people stretching so many claims so far that they begin to feel like a wad of fresh gum stuck to my shoe and strung out behind me on a hot sidewalk. However, when it comes to ordnance I lose my sense of humor lest someone else lose something far more tangible and much more difficult to detach/re-attach!
