679 Cannonballs found

WOW!!!!!!!! I donl;t care if they are cannon balls or mill balls....AWESOME FIND!!!!!!!!!! 679 in one spot???? That has to be a record WTG!!!! and CONGRATS!!!! I don't know diddly about either but hope they are cannon balls rather than mill balls, but regardless, as an earlier poster stated...either way they are an awesome historical find....CONGRATS!!!! Hope you find plenty more when you get out there again, along with some gold coins to go with them...:):)
 

Being found in the west, I doubt they're civil war era if they do prove to be cannonballs. Spanish origin? Maybe so... Mill balls? Probably 50/50 chance between the two theories so far. I'm leaning towards mill balls myself, too many different sizes for one location, possibly.

Any history of a fort in the general area? Something to substantiate the cannons? If not, then probably mill balls.
 

mlw67 said:
Very interesting to find 679 of anything.

Petrified prehistoric giant deer droppings?

LOL mlw ;D

Very awsome find regardless of intended use!!
 

FWIW -

knowing NOTHING about the topic in this thread, I was curious and did a bit of "googling".

I don't know if the link I am going to post will be helpful, but there is a LOT of information here and maybe it will help you in determining the identity of your marvelous orbs.

http://www.cwbullet.org/-vp12039.html

HH and keep on swinging!
 

google search of '' civil war cannons wanted/for sale'' will show several sites that can authenticate these, and a couple of them will buy them straight out if actually cannon balls.....whatever they are,, great find, and you have to wonder, if they would go to so much trouble as to dig a hole big/deep enough just to bury the balls, wonder what other holes they dug for more important items there..........gldhntr
 

so you actually got to use a wagon on the wagon road huh? lol...... awesome find......i personally dont give a rip what they are i cant find anything but junk lately so i would love to find one of those no matter what it is

Marty
 

Shouldn't be too hard to determine. Weigh and measure the balls and compare to cannon projectiles.

Congrats on the find!

Robert in SC
 

Good job!

Looks like it was fun and profitable too! lol

HH

Lonewolfe
 

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