Cannonball or mill ball ?

[J-Hend]

Well my first week into this hobby I went to a civil war battle ground and found this ball about 18 inches deep in a creek ... It had black covered around it some but I didn't know if it could have been a canister ball from a 42pdr. It weighs 1.37 pounds and is 2-1/4 inches thick on the long and 2-1/8 inches thick on the short ....I was noticing the seam at about the middle.... I wonder if it's just an old steel ball or an actual civil war ball. Any help would surely be appreciated ! Thanks everyone.

 

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[sliverofsilver]

welcome to the club.
just a thought, but,
does it rattle when you shake it?
might be something nice inside
that seam is interesting

 

[GatorBoy]

It looks to be steel and not iron so it wouldn't be canister or cannonball I'd say it was for cleaning the interior of cement trucks

 

[bradyboy]

This is odd
What I've noticed is that there are positive / raised bumps on the surface, indicating that the ball has possible balls on the inside that have pushed out the surface of the ball
In other words, balls within a ball
Also looks like it may have been either fired or was in a fire
Just my opinion
Brady