What is this?

[Fooz7283]

I was hoping to see if anyone knew what this is. My son and I were at Fort CF Smith in Arlington today and came across a tree that had recently fallen. We found this in the dirt clumped at the roots. Is is some type of fuse? Or just random trash. Thanks for the help!

 

[drezac]

It does not match up to anything I found in "Artillery Fuses of the Civil War". The cast-in numbers lead me to think that it is something post-war. To the best of my knowledge, most marking on Civil War era items were stamped on or engraved, not cast in ( with Bormann fuses being one notable exception). Although it could be an internal part of one of the more complex percussion fuses, the markings still give me a feeling it's post-war.

 

[Woods-walker]

I was hoping to see if anyone knew what this is. My son and I were at Fort CF Smith in Arlington today and came across a tree that had recently fallen. We found this in the dirt clumped at the roots. Is is some type of fuse? Or just random trash. Thanks for the help!

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Can you give us some indication of the size?

 

[JOHN42768]

Is it porcelain? Almost looks like a insulator piece. I doubt it is that old with a number molded into it.