Hey all! I was goin thru some items to be disposed of , and I came across this item! First of all I really don't live in an area of much CW action, some but not much at all. But, I have found 3 civil war era items in the surrounding area over the past few years. I saw this piece, and to me, it looked liked a part of an exploded Grenade! I looked at some images on line and I did see some similar pics of this! I figured this was the place to post this, if not feel free to delete this post. I just was not sure! I figured CCH or Larry or whomever could figure this out . Thanks for takin the time to look! HH J.B.