Very nice condition, excavated, 3.67 inch, time fused Hotchkiss projectile.  This projectile was recovered about 40 years ago at Vicksburg, Mississippi.  The metal is almost as slick as non-excavated.  It threw the lead sabot when fired which was very common.  The fuse hole is open with visible threads, and with a little effort, a brass time fuse could be screwed in and out for display.  It has the three cast flame grooves to assist in lighting the time fuse.--$350.

Excavated, 12 pound size, Civil War Bormann fused cannonball.  I recovered this ball during the early 1980's from a farm field just down the road from the shop which is now a parking lot for a massive church.  You can still read the numbers around the Bormann fuse, and it is punched at 5 seconds for maximum distance.  I have disarmed, cleaned, and coated the cannonball, and it is ready to go on display.  I will include a map of exactly where I recovered it.--$350.

Very rare, non-excavated, Civil War fuse wrench for the water cap Naval fuses in the large Naval balls.  I have only had a few of these over the years.--$350.

Very nice condition, excavated, cast brass Hotchiss percussion fuse that is missing the center plug.  This fuse would make an excellent educational display with a plunger and center plug displayed along side it.  I recovered this fuse about 40 years ago near the stone wall - 2nd day fighting, Battle of Nashville.--$75.

Very RARE, and in beautiful condition.  This is the cast brass "LONG PATTERN" hotchkiss time fuze.  It is in super nice condition, and was recovered near Vicksburg, MISS.  It has a VERY long - much longer than the normal - brass time fuze shank, and is correct for the "BIG BORE" Hotchkiss shells.  It is a fuze you seldom see offered for sale.--$175.

Excellent condition excavated cast brass Hotchkiss Percussion fuze.  I recovered this fuze from the Battle of Nashville - 2nd Day Fighting near the Stone Wall.  It remains in such excellent condition that the slider still moves back and forth on the inside of the fuze.--$95.

Excellent condition wooden drive-in time fuze adapter correct for the BIG Naval Balls shot from the massive siege guns.--$95.

Quite rare, excavated, 9 pound, Confederate used cannonball.  This was recovered by Otis Brown from Ft. Donelson, Tennessee.  The nine pound cannon was a pre-war smooth bore cannon used more in the Revolutionary War Era than the Civil War, but a few of these 9 pound balls have been found at Civil War sites.  This one has a nice clear mold seam.--$195.SOLD

Excellent condition, excavated, cast brass, Hotchkiss time fuse.  This was recovered near the stone wall at the Battle of Nashville, Tennessee.  It remains in perfect condition and would easily screw back into a shell.--$55.

Quite rare, non-excavated gimlet for a "big bore" gun.  The shaft on this gimlet is 9 inches, so it is for a "big boy" cannon.  It remains in excellent condition.--$150.

Beautiful condition, excavated, Confederate 12-pound, wood drive-in fuse cannonball.  This ball was recovered in rear of the Mendenhall Battery position near McFadden's Ford at the Battle of Stones River.  The Confederate mold seam is very obvious on this ball.  It has been cleaned, coated, and is ready for display.--$295.

Drop-dead beautiful condition, excavated, Confederate 12-pound size cannonball with brass fuse adaptor and iron side-loading plug.  This projectile was recovered near Petersburg, Virginia, and is cleaned, coated, and ready for display.--$495.

Drop-dead beautiful condition, non-excavated, Hotchkiss percussion brass fuse.  This fuse has the Hotchkiss Patent information stamped into the brass center plug.  The plunger remains intact inside and is still secured by the lead plug in the base.  The fuse easily disassembles so that you can see the inside working of it.--$150.

Nice condition, excavated, 3.67, brass percussion fused Schenkl projectile.  I recovered this projectile about 40 years ago and was able to remove the brass Schenkl fuse.  I was then able to remove the center plug from the Schenkl fuse.  Now, all three pieces easily screw in and out.  I dug the projectile near the current railroad underpass here at Stones River where it had plunged into the ground near the Confederate line.  This area is totally built up now, and there will be no more relics recovered.--$695.SOLD*

Excavated, 12 pound solid shot cannonball.  I recovered this one about 30 years ago from the Burton Hills 2nd day fighting at the Battle of Nashville.  This was fired at a Yankee Battery with the Confederates attempting to disable the guns.  It is cleaned and ready for display.--$250.

Excellent condition, excavated, 3.5 inch, Hotchkiss Bolt projectile.  This projectile was recovered about 40 years ago from Vicksburg, Mississippi.  It is literally slick enough to be fired today.  It has a full, white oxidized lead sabot and has the Hotchkiss patent information clearly visible on the base.  You are not going to find one nicer than this one.--$650.

Excellent condition, excavated, 4.5 inch, lead side-loader, brass time fused, Confederate case shot 12 pounder size cannonball.  This ball was recovered near Petersburg, Virginia, and has been disarmed, cleaned, coated, and is ready for display.--$595.

Excellent condition, 12 pound size, Bormann fused cannonball.  This is one I recovered about 40 years ago in a crop field on Homer Gannon's farm.  This is now at approximately 3rd base on the softball field of a massive Baptist Church.  It is disarmed, cleaned, coated, and ready for display.--$395.

Excellent condition, 3-inch, late war, Federal Parrott shell with tall step brass base.  I recovered this projectile on Robertson Academy Drive, 2nd days fighting at the Battle of Nashville.  It is disarmed, cleaned, coated, and ready for display.  This type late war Parrott projectile is only recovered at a few very late war locations.--$425.

Very nice condition early Battlefield Pick-Up 3 inch case shot Schenkl.  The second numbers are still readable on the fuze.  This is a tough shell to find in this condition.--$595.

Extremely rare, NON-EXCAVATED, 3.4 inch, Dahldren Federal Navy projectile for the Federal rifled boat howitzer.  This is a beautiful non-excavated example with full lead sabot and original cord.  These are called "blind shell shot" and were intended to disable and sink Naval vessels.  A non-excavated example WITH CORD is extremely rare to come by.--$1,450.

Very nice condition, battlefield pick-up, Confederate 12-pound, 4.5 inch explosive cannonball.  This ball has a cast copper southern time fuse that can be screwed in and out with your hand.  It was picked up following the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia.  It is cleaned, coated, and inactive, and will be an excellent addition to any Confederate Artillery collection.--$425.

Excavated, 6-pound size, Confederate Bormann fuse cannonball.  This ball was recovered many years ago here at Stones River.  It has an open fuse hole, and you can see the lead case shot balls inside.  It makes for an excellent conversation piece.--$275.

Excavated, 3-inch, Confederate Read Parrott projectile.  This projectile was recovered near Atlanta, Georgia.  It has a nicely rifled copper sabot 90% intact.  It also has an excellent condition Confederate copper time fuse.  It is disarmed, cleaned, coated, and ready for display.--$495.

Absolutely mint beautiful, unfired DROP, 3-inch Confederate Read projectile.  This was recovered near the Augusta Confederate Arsenal located on the Savannah River in Georgia.--$1,150.

Very pretty condition, excavated, 10-pound, "flat top" Parrott bolt projectile.  This Parrott bolt was recovered about 40 years ago on private property at Vicksburg, Mississippi.  It is the rarer iron sabot variety and is cleaned, coated, and ready to display.--$850.

Beautiful condition, non-excavated, battlefield pick-up, 3 inch, case shot Schenkl projectile.  This projectile was picked up near Fredericksburg, Virginia, and has been for many years in a Civil War Era home there.  The projectile has been disarmed and is cleaned, coated, and ready for display.--$595.

Absolutely smoking nice, 3.8 inch, DROP, James birdcage projectile with complete lead sabot and tin covering the birdcage ribs.  This super rare projectile was in a Civil War Era home on East Main in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.  To my knowledge, this is the ONLY dropped James projectile to come from this battle.  The brass anvil cap can be screwed out with your fingers.  It is cleaned, coated, and ready for display.--$1,650.

Very nice condition, excavated, 3 inch "Dyer" (back in the early days, this was a 3-inch Burton).  This projectile was recovered from the Homer Gannon farm here at Stones River that is currently occupied by Thompson Lane and a massive Baptist Church.  I once found seven shells in one hole at this site.  They were all different kinds, and I feel certain they were all battlefield cleanup, pitched in a hole so as to never harm anyone.  They were well below plow depth.  It is a rare thing to recover one of these with the sabot intact, because they almost always kicked it.--$450.

Original 12-pound cannonball tin attachment straps used to attach the 12-pound cannonball to the wooden sabot and powder bag.  In the early days, these were sold by Bannerman from Civil War surplus, and they were readily available.  They are actually quite rare to find now.--$95.

Excavated box of a "ground burst" 3-inch Hotchkiss projectile that was recovered near Shy's Hill at the Battle of Nashville.  The pieces have not even been cleaned up.--$95.

Absolutely drop dead beautiful condition NON-EXCAVATED battlefield pick-up 12 lb. Bormann fuzed cannon ball.  This ball was a battlefield pick-up here at Stones River at the time of the battle, and has been in a local family until I purchased it about 40 years ago.  I sold it to my friend, Dave Casper, and that is where it has been until Dave's recent passing.  The underplug will unscrew with just your fingers.  All this needs is a nice Bormann fuze to display with it to be 100% museum grade !!--$425.

Nice condition "CONFEDERATE BORMANN" fuzed 6# size cannonball.  It was recovered by Frank "Twitch" Witham on private property at Shiloh, and the Bormann fuze was punched at about 2 seconds "for some up close work".  Frank Witham published a book on Shiloh shells, and this one could be in there.  It is drilled, cleaned, coated, and is ready for display.--$395.

Absolutely beautiful condition, battlefield pick-up, ten pound, time fused Parrott projectile.  This projectile was picked up on the field here at Stones River and has been a door stop in a home here for the last 150 years.  The projectile is slick enough to literally be fired today, and the pewter time fuse could not be more perfect.--$375.

Nice condition, excavated, four pound size cannonball/naval grape ball.  This projectile was recovered near Saltville, West Virginia, and would have been fired by a small four pound size smooth bore mountain cannon.  The very same 4 lb. balls are recovered around Vicksburg, Mississippi, where they were being used in large "naval grape" projectiles.--$75.

Beautiful condition, excavated, cast brass, Hotchkiss percussion fuse.  This fuse was recovered a few feet from the stone wall at the Battle of Nashville, Tennessee.  The plunger still remains intact inside the fuse.--$95.

Drop-dead beautiful condition, excavated, Confederate 12-pound size cannonball with brass fuse adaptor and iron side-loading plug.  This projectile was recovered near Petersburg, Virginia, and is cleaned, coated, and ready for display.--$595.

Very pretty condition excavated 6 # Confederate Bormann fuzed cannon ball.  This ball was recovered 40 years ago on the Southern edge of the Battlefield here at Stones River.  There is now a massive ST. THOMAS HOSPITAL (where I just spent the past week !!) precisely on the site.  This is a beauty with a Confederate Bormann fuze that you can still read the second numbers.  There will never again be shells like this recovered here.  It is nicely cleaned, and disarmed.--$425.

Very nice condition, excavated, Confederate 3-inch Read Parrott projectile.  This was a local find from about 45 years ago.  You can still see some lathe marks, and most of the Confederate wooden drive-in fuse plug remains intact.  It is disarmed, cleaned, coated, and ready for display.--$850.

Excavated SUPER RARE 3-inch size elongated nose Confederate Archer shell.  This is one of less than 10 known existing examples.  It was recovered by Frank "Twitch" Witham on private property "near" Shiloh.  It carries a "Rarity 9" on the scale in the reference book.  You will very likely never get another chance at one of these!!--$1,850.SOLD

Excellent condition, excavated, 3-inch, Confederate Read projectile.  This shell was recovered here at Stones River many years ago.  It has been cleaned, coated, disarmed, and is ready for display.--$850.

Very nice condition excavated "high copper sabot" 3 inch "Selma Arsenal" Western Theater Confederate Read.  This projecrile was recovered near Atlanta, and is a beauty.  It literally has "knee deep" rifling on the tall copper sabot.  It is a super rarity for one of these to come to market.--$1,250.

Absolutely beautiful condition, early battlefield pick-up, 3-inch, Western Theater style Confederate Read projectile.  This projectile has a mold seam that stands up about 1/8th inch.  The copper Confederate turn fuse remains intact and can be easily screwed out of the shell.  This is one of the nicest condition Western Theater 3-inch CS Read shells that I have ever had to offer for sale.--$1,250.

Very nice condition excavated 3.8 inch Hotchkiss time fused rifled projectile.  This projectile was recovered about 40 years ago from private property near Vicksburg, Mississippi.  It has been disarmed, cleaned, and coated and is ready for display.  This is a projectile not often encountered in complete condition.--$595.

Excavated massive cast brass Federal Artillery stirrup.  This was recovered many years ago from Morgan's CS artillery position at the base of "Vaught's Hill" at the Battle of Milton, TN.  This one stirrup would make at least a dozen "C.S.A." buckles.  I have only ever dug one of these, and it was at the Battle of Nashville.  Beautiful condition.--$175.

Drop Dead Beautiful, and "SUPER RARE" "elongated nose" 3.59 inch Schenkl case shot Projectile.  This is a "Non-Excavated example" that came out of a Civil War era home in Fredericksburg, VA.  To my knowledge, there are less than five "non-excavated" examples of this projectile in existence.  In 50 years here at the store, I have only seen three.  Being non-excavated, the condition is nothing short of super nice just as issued.--$1,850.

Extremely Drop dead beautiful, and SUPERrare, non-excavated, early "rocker base", 3 inch, time fused, flat topped Hotchkiss projectile.  This particular projectile came out of an old home along the Nashville Battle line.  The shell is 100% non-excavated.  These type Hotchkiss projectiles have only been recovered at a few very late war Civil War sites.  I have personally recovered two of these at the Battle of Nashville, and several of my friends have recovered some as well.  This is a beautiful example with brass time fuse in place.--$495.

Beautiful condition, excavated, 6 pound solid shot cannonball.  I recovered this projectile about 40 years ago in Homer Gannon's back cornfield.  It is cleaned, coated, and comes with a display stand.--$195.SOLD

Excavated, 12 pound size, Confederate copper time-fused Artillery projectile.  This cannonball was recovered many years ago on private property near Chickamauga, Georgia, and has been disarmed, cleaned, coated, and is ready for display.--$325.SOLD

Excavated Bormann fused, 6-pound size Confederate cannonball.  This cannonball was recovered back in the 1980's on the Homer Gannon farm on the west side of the Old Nashville Highway not far from the current Thompson Lane bridge.  It is disarmed, cleaned, coated, and ready for display.  We are going to include with this ball a wooden display stand.--$275.

Beautiful condition, 12 pound size canister round that was recovered on private property along the Confederate approach route to McFadden's Ford.  This round was recovered in pieces and has been reconstructed for accurate display.  There was, once upon a time, when hunting that area, you could not take three steps without hitting a canister ball.  Thus, 1800 Confederates were killed in one hour in this location.  This is the area where it was reported that Stones River ran red with blood for an hour.--$495.SOLD

Excavated, 12 pound size, thick canister base plate.  This was recovered many years ago on private property here at Stones River and has the impression of the canister balls deeply imbedded from firing.  In the early years, we used to recover these quite often.  They are very rare to find now.--$95.SOLD

REALLY PRETTY excavated drop 3-inch Confederate Read-Broun.  This shell was recovered many years ago near Five Forks, Virginia.  These are only recovered at relatively late war sites.--$650.

Really nice excavated 12 lb. Bormann cannon ball fragment recovered here at Stones River, and is about 1/3 cannon ball, and is displayed with 15 projectiles that were also recovered here.  The Bormann section is cleaned and coated, and shows a section of the fuse hole.  Super desk display.--$95.

Quite rare, recovered from Stones River, 12 pound, "wood drive-in fuse" type cannonball.  This cannonball was recovered about 40 years ago by Dr. Francis Fesmire.  The ball has a large portion of the original wooden sabot still intact as well as an excellent condition, original wood drive-in fuse plug.  The ball has been cleaned, coated, disarmed, and is ready for display.--$375.

Beautiful condition excavated solid shot 12 lb. cannonball recovered just North of Shy's Hill at the Battle of Nashville, TN.--$225.SOLD

12 lb. solid shot cannon ball recovered many years ago here at Stones River from what used to be the Homer Gannon Farm.  There is a MONSTER size Baptist church located there now.  It is cleaned and coated ready for display.  I once dug 6 shells out of "one hole" on this farm - They had dug a DEEP hole and did battlefield clean-up, and tossed the live shells into the hole in an attempt to keep them from hurting anyone !!--$225.SOLD

Excavated fuse portion with side-loader plug of a Confederate 12-pound, copper time fused case shot ball.  This super neat artifact was recovered many years ago on private property at Petersburg, Virginia.--$125.

Excavated group of 22 case shot - cannister - grape shot, all recovered from the battlefield here at Stones River.  Most have not even been washed off and consist of about half a dozen different sizes and varieties.--$195. for the entire group.  That is less than $10 per ball.

Really "BIG", cast brass sabot from a 30 pound size Parrott shell.  This was fired from one of the gun boats at Eastport and recovered on private property there.  It has a beautiful, slick, green patina and has not even been washed.--$35.

Beautiful condition, excavated, lead-filled, circular, "bulls eye" artillery rosette.  This was dug from a Union Artillery camp on private property in General James Wilson's Union camps located near Gravelly Springs, Alabama.--$65.

Original non-excavated Civil War Artillery Flame Concentrator.  These were used to channel the flame and hot gases from being fired toward the paper time fuzes that were filled with fulminate.  These were intended to reduce the number of time fuze shells that the paper time fuze didn't light and were duds.--$48.

Excellent condition, unopened packet of 10-second Civil War Artillery time fuses.--$75.

Excavated top section containing the fuse hole of a 12 pound Confederate polygonal cavity cannonball.  This was recovered just in rear of where Mendenhall's battery here at Stones River was in line of battle (near McFadden's Ford).--$45.

Three Civil War artillery artifacts that were recovered here at the Battle of Stones River about 40 years ago.  The display consists of a partial "high lip" Confederate Borman fuze, a complete unfired cannon friction primer, and a cast brass Confederate Bormann underplug.--$75. for all, and is displayed in a riker glass case

Excavated brass sabot and base from a Confederate Read projectile.  This was recovered on private property here at Stones River.--$45.

Excavated, nose section of a 10 pound Federal Parrott shell recovered many years ago just down the road from the shop on what was known as "Gannon's farm".  The fragment is very unusual in that it still contains the complete pewter time fuse adaptor.  This site is now under a HUGE church.--$79.

Original brown paper wrapped packet of five and ten second Civil War Artillery fuses.  These were used by both Union and Confederate Artillery.--$75.

Civil War and pre-Civil War cannon "port fire".  This was used to touch off cannons in the early days when a wick was used to touch off the cannon rather than the Civil War Era brass cannon friction primers.  This one remains in excellent, unused condition.--$75.

Excellent condition, cast brass, short pattern, Confederate cannonball time fuse.  This was recovered at the Battle of Nashville and is literally nice enough to screw back into a ball.--$55.

Original, 1863, green colored wooden packet of Frankford Arsenal Civil War artillery time fuses.  All five fuses remain intact and unused in the packet.  This would be an excellent compliment displayed with your Civil War Artillery shells.--$95.

Group of ten assorted sizes of canister balls in an old tin that were picked up around the turn of the century in a cotton field here at Stones River.--$145.

Excellent condition, unopened packet of "Frankford Arsenal" 1864 date, 5-second artillery fuses.  This packet is pink in color and has all five opening ribbons still in place.  These packets have become very difficult to find in nice condition and unopened.--$110.

Very nice condition, excavated, dropped, Confederate used, imported, short pattern, 3-inch Armstrong projectile.  What make these shells different and stand out are the large copper studs that are imbedded in the shell that engage the rifling upon firing.  This projectile was recovered many years ago near Wilmington, North Carolina, and to this day, remains rusty and dirty just as found.  These are only found in a relatively small area and are quite rare to recover.--$695.

Mint condition original unissued "red" Federal Artillery hat cord for the "Hardee Style Hat".--$48.

Artillery "gimlet" out of a local estate and is very crude with a wooden handle.  It shows handling and use and could very well be Confederate.--$95.

A bit rare to come by - "LONG RANGE" 30 second Civil War Artillery Time fuze.  In 30 seconds you could almost send a Civil War Projectile into the next time zone !!--$38.

Excavated Hotchkiss brass percussion fuse plug from the Second Day fightlng - Battle of Nashville, TN.  It appears that upon impact the top of the fuze plug sheared off when the internal fuze slider hit it.  Neat artillery relic !!--$38.

Three excavated, partial, pewter Bormann time fuses.  These were recovered many years ago here at Stones River.  One is a standard Federal Bormann fuse, and two are rare "tall lip" Confederate Bormann fuses.  All three for--$45.

Excavated Confederate copper Bormann fuse under plug.  This CS under plug was recovered on private property at the Battle of Nashville, Tennessee.--$65.

Early battlefield pick-up, "raised rib", 3.67 inch Shenkl fragment.  This was picked up long ago here at Stones River and almost appears non-dug.--$25.

Set of four excavated iron balls ranging in size from canister ball size and on up to a Naval grape.  Quite nice little artillery display.--$75.

Excellent condition, 6 lb. gun size, CS fired canister ball and one 12 lb., Napoleon gun size, Federal canister ball.  Both these balls were recovered on private property here at the Battle of Stones River, have been cleaned, coated, and are ready for display.--$45. for both.

Excavated set of 3 Naval Grape - The larger balls are roughly 2 inches in diameter.  These were recovered on private property at Vicksburg, MS. many years ago.-- $65. for all three-SOLD