[Dysart]

For those of you not familar with Euless, it's a small city just east of Fort Worth, betwixt Dallas-FW. One would think this was a shell somehow lost from a CW collector rather than some unexpected find from days gone by.

[Deguello]

“It could have just fallen from a wagon traveling this area"

Yes, that is how it ended up in the parking lot. ~sarc.

[battlegearboat]

Rock Hudson dropped it on his way to Matagorda.

[YouPosting2Me]

Old School WMD... I expect we will find the Iraq (Syria) WMD sooner than that...

[Pontiac]

A battery of Parrott guns at Fort Brady, Virginia. They are manned by the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery. 1864.

[Dysart]

Since the source didn't post a photo, I'll submit what it may lookm like

[stainlessbanner]

Dixie Ping

[Constitution Day]

Neat stuff.
I had to chuckle at this, though:

No weapon was found with the shell.

[Drawsing]

An explosive team member then grabbed the shell and placed it in a container.

Are they referring to his temperament or his mutant super powers?

[U S Army EOD]

Yes, it will still go boom.

[RightWhale]

Apparently there was Civil War fighting in Texas and what is now known as New Mexico. A collector would probably not want a live shell even if it was a dud. The wagon driver would have not been pleased if this fell off his wagon, so it was probably part of an ammo dump of small size.

[Dysart]

Updated Story and picture of the shell:

EULESS — A metal object found at a business parking lot last week has been identified as a 140-year-old artillery shell from the Civil War era, authorities said Friday.

The live round was scheduled to be defused in a few days by the members of the Northeast Explosive Response Team, who retrieved the shell on Jan. 5 from property at Simtek Inc.

Authorities believe the shell could still contain black powder.

“It still had a fuse cap at the end of it,” said Euless fire investigator Vernon Gilmore.

A military official identified the shell this week after being shown photographs of it.

The shell was used with Parrott cannons in the Civil War, authorities said. No weapon was found with the shell.

“There was Civil War activity in Texas, but how that shell got here we don’t know,” Gilmore said. “It could have just fallen from a wagon traveling this area, or a collector could have just lost it.”

The shell was found about 12:50 p.m. on Jan. 5 in the 1500 block of Royal Parkway.

An employee discovered the shell several days before Jan. 5 while doing landscaping work and left it near the parking lot but never reported it. Another employee found it Jan. 5 and Simtek officials called authorities.

Firefighters evacuated the business after they arrived on the scene as explosive experts attempted to remove the 20-pound shell.

At first, a robot was used, but the shell was too heavy for the robot to lift, authorities said.

An explosive team member then grabbed the shell and placed it in a container.

No injuries were reported.

[Yardstick]

At first, a robot was used, but the shell was too heavy for the robot to lift...

Had to be a little embarrassing for the robot.

[SamAdams76]

I reckon the South is fixin' to rise again.

[kalee]

ping