Found this at the weekend. Anyone slightly more clued up than me care to guess whether it’s likely to explode?! I guessed it’s solid metal rather than the explodey type, but may well be wrong…
I’m on a dodgy connection so I’ve only had a brief look at the picture.
Its not a mortar round. It has a rifling band. I think its a 18 pounder. It doesn’t look like it has a fuse ( the pointy end would ne brass) so its not HE or Shrapnel. Probably a solid shot. Is it rather heavy?
Google 18 pounder solid shot.
Panic not guys. I daftly took my Dad’s word that it was solid shot – and it does look like it might be, but I’ll get the police to deal with it. There’s certainly no brass on it.
Looks like a 50p coin. Although it might be a 20p its difficult to tell. If you tell us what size the unexploded shell is we’d be able to scale from that and tell you the value of your find. Strictly speaking you have to declare it as Treasure Trove. What you then have to do with it depends on whether you live north or south of the border. In scotland any treasure is quod nullius est fit domini regis: “that which belongs to nobody becomes our Lord the King’s”. The means you have to offer it to your nearest register monarch who can decide whether or not they want to buy a can of Irn Bru with it or take it down the penny slots at the arcade.