revolutionary war cannon balls

[Eastcoasthunter21]

Hello all hope you are all out swinging. What an end to a season today I decided to go back to a known and hunted rev war site I've had luck there before flat buttons kg coins and early American coppers. Well today I found a cannon ball I was so excited I could not believe the last person to touch this was a soldier in the rev war. Well not five minutes later and a few musket balls later I found another one. Holy smokes was I excited. Two rev war cannonballs. I'm sure they are the real deal I'm hoping I can get an expert to chime in and ask any relevant questions
I would love to confirm what I believe.

Size. 4 inches
Weight 6.1lbs

Thanks for looking eastcoast hh gl

 

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[villagenut]

A pair of cannon balls is always better than just one, nice saves. You must be on to a good site that keeps on giving.

 

[huntnva]

Congrats! Awesome finds!

 

[Mr.Rust]

NICE! i would love finding one of those myself but, something tells me im not gonna find any canonballs any time soon here in Norway.
But supercool that you found some congrats

 

[Scrappy]

Charlie, I think I'd rather hold a pair of revolutionary war cannonballs more than a pair of anything else in the whole wide world!

When you texted me I was super stoked. I was getting tired of axe heads! Lol

Big congrats!

 

[Bartek]

Beautiful saves Charlie! I'll be following this post to see what the experts say! [emoji106]

 

[ironhorse]

Now that you got those bad boys out of the way you can get some buttons!
Congrats on the cannon balls, especially coming from a known battle site they are even better!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Fantastic relic recovery with excellent historic significance.

 

[Ahab8]

Very nice bud! Hope you pull a couple of those USA buttons out of there as well

 

[Eastcoasthunter21]

Upgrade on the way

Now that you got those bad boys out of the way you can get some buttons!
Congrats on the cannon balls, especially coming from a known battle site they are even better!

I just ordered the xp,deus the whole package full,headphones. So now to zero in on those buttons.

 

[Gaspipe]

Spectacular finds

 

[digging440yrs]

Amazing history you have found !!

 

[Vino]

I just ordered the xp,deus the whole package full,headphones. So now to zero in on those buttons.

Way to go Charlie!! Love them balls.
Nice add to any collection.
And Big congrats on the deus!
When you get it give me a call and ill walk you through the ropes!!

 

[TheGreatNorth]

Now those are nice finds!! Talk about history!! That is a bucket list dream of mine especially now that I'm out on the east coast! Great saves!

 

[pepperj]

Those are a great looking set of balls you have found. Congrats

 

[Dirtwisher]

I was gonna tell you to get a pair, but you already did!

 

[Eastcoasthunter21]

Way to go Charlie!! Love them balls.
Nice add to any collection.
And Big congrats on the deus!
When you get it give me a call and ill walk you through the ropes!!

Thanks George it should arrive by Monday I got all new gear. New at pro Pinpointer
New digging tool letche and the deus with the full headphones I'm gonna need help

 

[SOSDIVING]

I would heat up the oven at home, and place on cookie platter with some aluminum foil, bake them for 30 mins at 425 degrees F to get any of the moisture content out of them. They are well preserved and since they have hit air now, it is important to preserve them, versus crumble them. I bake my iron artifacts to get out the moisture, then use a brass jewelers hammer to hammer away the shell. Thereafter, I spray with a clear enamel for preservation. I have had luck with electrolysis but seems to separate too much iron oxide at times. Maybe some others will chime in for preservation. CONGRATS, you are on a grand site! for sure.

 

[Vino]

Thanks George it should arrive by Monday I got all new gear. New at pro Pinpointer
New digging tool letche and the deus with the full headphones I'm gonna need help

You got it!!
Ill help you cut that learning curve down..

 

[sutphin]

ECH THATS A FINE SET OF BALLS , CANNON BALLS .