Help Identify CW relic.

[DWild]

Found this at a Civil War site. Could this be a cannonball fuse? I have seen photos that look exactly like this, except mine has an extension on both sides of the threaded portion. One picture shows what appears to be a chunk of black material that is almost fused to the threads. The threads also seem to have the same material in between them.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[LittleJohn]

what material is this object made out of? I see no green patina on it, and fuses were usually made of copper or a brass composite. The fuse I found this spring was tapered, and had green patina on it.

LittleJohn

 

[DWild]

I have not determined what it is made of. It is real heavy but is not soft like lead. I hate to scratch around on it until I find out a bit more about it. Here is a picture of my find next to a picture in one of the treasure magazines my detecting buddy has. This is what started us thinking it might be a fuse.

 

[LittleJohn]

Can you show a picture of both ends of this piece?

 

[DWild]

When I get home this evening I will take a few photos of the ends. There are no holes in the ends. They look solid. We were thinking maybe it was a percussion type that did not fire and broke out upon impact. Our other concern is that it could still be live. I have it in a safe place.

 

[LittleJohn]

Cool, look forward to the pictures. Have a good one.

LittleJohn

 

[DWild]

Here are photos of the big end, small end & one for the rough idea of size.