-Pam
Please send me a picture as well, I have had
experience w/ different ordnance from the Civil War to
present. 
   Whatever you do, do not call the local Stafford
Springs PD.  All the police will do is destroy it,
especially in CT.
   Take care,
    Dave

--- Pamela Silvestri <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> A member of the Vernon Historical Society presented
> us with an object to  
> identify. It was given to her early this summer by
> another member, who claims a  
> plumber found it in the wall of her house.
>  
> I tried to get more details - I know the street
> where the house is (I used  
> to live on this street) and most of the houses were
> built in the mid to late  
> 1800's.
>  
> I reluctantly took this object home -the lady who
> brought it in had left it  
> on a cart in the museum and I didn't want her to
> bring it back home (she had 
> it  on her kitchen table all summer), nor to have it
> left in the museum. My 
> first  thought about the object was that it is some
> sort of gunpowder flask. The  
> possibility that it may be a hand grenade was in the
> back of my mind. 
>  
> Having dug up a WWII landmine when I was a teen - I
> learned then from an  
> explosives expert from the Army base that the mine
> though lacking a detonator,  
> was considered 'live' and unstable. So I am
> 'handling' this object as such 
> until  I find out for sure otherwise.
>  
> If you think you may be able to help with an ID -
> I'd appreciate it and I  
> can e-mail you photos.
>  
> The body of the object is iron/steel
> (ferrous-containing), cylindrical and  
> is 3 1/2". There is a brass ball stopper. I
> carefully jiggled it around and can 
>  tell that there is an attached rod. I can 'taste'
> the 'gunpowder'. When 
> shook  (slightly) I can hear debris inside.
>  
> The flask/container is soldered at the seams and
> there's a silver solder  
> repair. Hope you can help and thanks in advance for
> your time! Pam
>  
>  
>  
> Pamela Silvestri, Museum Assistant
> Northeast States Civilian  Conservation Corps Museum
> Shenipsit State Forest
> 166 Chestnut Hill  Road
> Stafford Springs, Connecticut 06076
> (860)  684-3430
> 
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