Another day out, a different fuze found?

[Ringo]

Found today next to an airfield in Greater London. Never found anything like this begore.Presume it would be anti artillery? Also found a Royal Engineers button and some petrol can lids: Shell, Pratts and a blank one

It's got 4 holes in the top and it screwed into something...so it's not a fuze? Precision engineering. Very heavy! Lovely thing

Lettering: Q AE 2 43 135...1943?

Help in IDing would be much appreciated. Thanks

 

[tigbrand]

part

Posssibly nose off a no 700 fuse?? Looks like one i saw earlier(i think!!)Tig

 

[2pounder]

700

Inclined to agree with TIG, nose of a 700 fuze as fitted to 3in AA rocket. 2pr

 

[Ringo]

Thanks!

I googled 700 fuze and found this page:

http://www.hnsa.org/doc/vtfuze/index.htm

Is it on here?

Found this page,too:

http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=33797&p=1351881

Is this for real?

 

[butterfly]

Found this for you, old thread showing the 700 fuze........

http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/no-700-drill-t4334.html

regards Kev

 

[satan18]

Thanks!

I googled 700 fuze and found this page:

http://www.hnsa.org/doc/vtfuze/index.htm

Is it on here?

Found this page,too:

http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=33797&p=1351881

Is this for real?

Hi Ringo Certainly is for real as i found this in Manor park east London,and had it identified on the forum as a 3.7 in AA Rocket,fuse

 

[waffenamt]

Nice one Phil,i knew i had seen one before!

waff

 

[Ringo]

thanks,everyone! Great information as usual

I have credited your site on my site below. See the other fuzes found, too...4 different types

http://www.metaldetectingagency.co.uk/gallery.html

 

[butterfly]

thanks,everyone! Great information as usual

I have credited your site on my site below. See the other fuzes found, too...4 different types

http://www.metaldetectingagency.co.uk/gallery.html

Hi Ringo,

I have just had a look at your link and see you have listed a fuze on there as an anti-Zeppelin fuze ?

This looks to me like a WW1 no 80 used on 18pdr etc .......however I'm not too knowledgable in this area, so may be missing the point? Could any other member confirm if it is anything special....and if so what makes it anti-Zeppelin?

kind regards Kev

 

[Ringo]

Hi Kev. I live in Greater London and I thought the only things we fired at in WWI were Zeppelins....but I am probably wrong?

 

[super7]

the only things we fired at in WWI were Zeppelins

Do not forget the German Gotha heavy bombers that came later on in the war.

Regards, Jan

http://www.westernfront.nl

 

[Ringo]

Whoops! I didn't know thanks, Jan!