Probably only you folks here on the forums would appreciate this, but Saturday I dug a 20 lb Parrott long pattern shell with rifling on the brass sabot and a Schenkl percussion fuze in the nose. Interestingly, the fuze was not screwed all the way in, and also the safety side of the anvil cap was in the inward or down position so it would not explode.
It gets your mind to wondering ; did the Yank's shoot it as a bolt, or did someone not do their job and arm the shell before it was run down the barrel of the gun.
It was dug on pretty high ground, considering the area. There was a CS battery nearby, and this was behind it .
I also dug a '63 naval fuze there ten minutes before finding the shell, and 50 lb's of frags during the day. We went back yesterday, and couldn't find anything more than frags and a 3 ringer
