Can you help identify this shell nose find please

[CurtisGalbraith]

Can some one please tell me what this might be. Picked up on a farm track near Ypres

Thank you if you can help

Curtis

[peregrinvs]

It looks like some sort of electrical part. An insulator?

[Gunner 87]

On 16/11/2023 at 14:21, CurtisGalbraith said:

Can some one please tell me what this might be. Picked up on a farm track near Ypres

Thank you if you can help

Curtis

Hi Curtis.

I believe what you have there is a 'Milling Tooth' used to remove asphalt or concrete when replacing road surfaces. I attach three examples of worn out teeth which look very similar to yours.

Gunner 87

 

[CurtisGalbraith]

3 hours ago, Gunner 87 said:

Hi Curtis.

I believe what you have there is a 'Milling Tooth' used to remove asphalt or concrete when replacing road surfaces. I attach three examples of worn out teeth which look very similar to yours.

Gunner 87

 

Thanks very much Gunner87 that's cracked it. Rather like over here, a local road resurfacing scheme has deposited the old planings on farm tracks. Not one to show the grandchildren then of an historic find

Shame about the weather, my grandson is out in Ypres at present on a school trip. I've shown him old bits of shrapnel, barbed wire and .303 cases and told him to 'keep 'em peeled'. My son's interested and we've been all over the place on the Western Front, hopefully our enthusiasm will now filter down to the next generation.

Always pleased to see how much the schools value WW1 history and the trips they do. It endures and long may it do so. This site and Chris' LLT are such valuable resources