20 pounder question

[Ripcon]

Thanks. I will perform the digging tonight and let you know what, if anything, is found in the fuzehole.

[Ripcon]

Okay, I just dug all the crud out from my shell nose and it is definitely a timefuze shell. There was some gray matter mixed in. Not alot, but enough to make it evident that the shell had exploded "normally" and not the result of a limber chest explosion.

[Ripcon]

Here's a photo of the base of my parrott shell nose while I was digging the crud out of the zinc fuze.

[Ripcon]

Here's a photo of cleaned out nose portion with the fuze hole now clearly visible.

[callicles]

Thanks for the photos, Ripcon.  Great find!

[Ripcon]

Thanks Callicles, Now maybe I can get back to the hilltop in Vicksburg and find the rest of that shell.