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Okay, vacation's over.

By The Armorer on August 6, 2006 | | Comments (16)

All those easy pics, with me telling you what they were, etc. That ends this afternoon.

Entertain me! Amaze yourself! Amuse your friends!

Whattaya think this is? C'mon - figger it out!

Whatzis?

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By OD on August 6, 2006 2:59 PM
Either some sort of discus grenade (don't think so) or more likely the base of a later 19thC shell with five studs to engage the rifling. But if so, I have no explanation for the notch at lower left. Show us scale or tell us the diameter John.
 
By Harvey on August 6, 2006 3:00 PM
A cookie from 1962 that you just found last week while cleaning out the attic? If so, it looks like you tried a bite. Is it still good? :-)
 
By OD on August 6, 2006 3:11 PM
In fact it's got six studs.
 
By OD on August 6, 2006 4:15 PM
14-pounder James rifle?
 
By Yuval Ararat on August 6, 2006 4:26 PM
Its a valve of some sort? Probably from a big machines bowels.
 
By Heartless Libertarian on August 6, 2006 7:10 PM
The front end of a Minie ball after smacking into John Kerry's forehead?
 
By Justthisguy on August 6, 2006 8:31 PM
Base end of a Rifled-Muzzle-Loader AP shot. Palliser? Oh, I see OD thought alike. Great mind, there.
 
By Trias on August 6, 2006 8:56 PM
I don't think there is a noth, just a shadow. a really old land mine? some kind of artillery seal.
 
By Arditi on August 6, 2006 10:29 PM
The head of a trench mace? I'm still lurking here brother.
 
By Sean on August 7, 2006 1:12 AM
A tamborine from Easter Island?
 
By OD on August 7, 2006 1:44 PM
Are you going to give us another pic, John? Or a hint? We're getting nowhere fast. Have you forgotten this thread? We demand answers.
 
By John of Argghhh! on August 7, 2006 2:45 PM
Actually, I'm letting the Monday readers catch up... and it's fun watching you guys twist slowly in the wind...
 
By arditi on August 7, 2006 9:31 PM
A cap on some sort of artillery piece?
 
By AFSister on August 7, 2006 10:17 PM
It's iron; looks like the end of one of your long-handled grenades, but I don't know which one. Although, it could be Munchkinland manhole cover....
 
By Justthisguy on August 7, 2006 11:22 PM
I wonder how big it is. I also note that the studs seem less corroded than the face presented to us.
 
By Eric Wilner on August 8, 2006 12:40 AM
"It's iron; looks like the end of one of your long-handled grenades, but I don't know which one." Aha! It's an end-view of a studded potato masher! You can use it as a trench maul, and then use it as a grenade! The dent on the edge is from a British helmet.