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Found in the dirt along with some other old items. (lemmy.ml)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world
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Found this in the dirt with some older items that appear to be from the late 1800's - early 1900's, little glass medicine type bottles and a piece of purple glass the looks like it could be a part of a bowl or something.

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[–] [S] 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (6 children)

Underside. You can see in the center (both sides) that it looks like there is a hole going through it.

Edit: changed hold to hole... Autocorrect issue.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    Where abouts was it found like country wise and does a magnet stick to it.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    US, in Georgia and yes magnet does stick to it.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

    Well it does look a bit like civil war era rifled artillery shot. Look into your cities history during the war.

    Ed: I don't necessarily think it's that exact shot but the right image is to clarify why I think it might be especially with the sides splayed or like that.

    http://www.civilwarartillery.com/

    The link resets back to the homepage. It's field projectiles, rifled projectiles read-parrott and at the top there is one that says read v parrott and it'll be the image on the right.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    This makes sense, especially for the area that I'm in right now.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    If you haven't already get a gps tag so you have lat/long coordinates and take it to your local museum. Chances are they'll have a fairly detailed list of what went on there artillery wise and between location, size and shape they should be able to narrow it down.

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