CANNONBALL RUN ..........................NO ......NOT A CAR RACE !!!

[AQUA]

HEY GUYS AND GALS

Out tonight for a run.......... 2.5 hrs as the tides are late stayed til low water.

Decided to try a new spot as just a short run...always good to check out new places.!!!

Targets were very few..Cousin Ed was digging iron and I was digging iron and a few musket balls.

Detector screamed out very load...figured just more iron but knew was a chance of getting a cannonball at this location so dug almost every signal....sure enough cannonball !!!

Made 2 steps and same again....this time was the small one....made 2 more steps and another one !!!!

All were in a 12 foot circle....meantime Cousin ED was off below finding squat......just the luck of the draw. Always seems like one person gets good stuff and the other gets crap.

Will clean these up tomo and maybe mount the bigger one and the little one together beside my bigggest one that is already mounted in my livingroom.




The smallest one could be a grape shot....or small bore cannon...1 7/8 INCH DIAMETER ...........370 GRAMS WEIGHT

Next one is 2 5/8 DIAMETER...........900 GRAMS...2LBS

3RD ONE .....2 3/4 DIAMETER......... 1000+ GRAMS..but is rusty and fair bit of access attached to it.

 

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[The Patriot]

I know what you dug this year will put my whole season to shame! Big congrats!

 

[AQUA]

I know what you dug this year will put my whole season to shame! Big congrats!

HAHA... wait til the year is over before you say that...never know what you will roll outta the dirt !!!!

That is the thrill of this hobby...never know what is under he coil.

Has been a great start to my year.... I,m learning !!!

Best of luck to you this year....great finds will greet you !!!

 

[oxbowbarefoot]

Man, you're on a roll.

 

[jewelerguy]

cool...

 

[ModernMiner]

Awesome finds!!! Congrats.
-MM-

 

[AQUA]

Man, you're on a roll.

Seems like it ...

Cousin ED walked right past this little spot only 20 feet away......luck of the draw sometimes.

 

[AQUA]

ty for looking...Jewelerguy and Modernminer

1ST CANNONBALLS in quite awhile.....always fun to find.

 

[Ifoundit69]

Awesome !

 

[romeo-1]

Good stuff! If those were found in the mud you'll need to leech the salt out by soaking them in fresh water. For the first couple months change the water every couple days and then for the next year or two change the water weekly. After about a 2 year soak you'll need to hit them with the electrolysis for a couple months...I found my first salt water cannonball three years ago and I think they are just about ready for display. If you don't do the fresh water soak they will disintegrate...

 

[treblehunter]

Very cool finds, keep digging, your on fire!

 

[Scrappy]

Nice finds! I thought I found a cannonball last week and I think it was a wrought iron bed knob or a Victorian fence post top.

Anyway. Any chance you think some of those are "grape shot"?

 

[olekyground]

Awesome finds.

 

[Iron Patch]

I know what you dug this year will put my whole season to shame! Big congrats!

That's unless you go with Plan D!


More to add to your treasure pile. I can see I will have a lot of catching up to do, but instead of numbers, I just want one great one to trump them all!

 

[AQUA]

Good stuff! If those were found in the mud you'll need to leech the salt out by soaking them in fresh water. For the first couple months change the water every couple days and then for the next year or two change the water weekly. After about a 2 year soak you'll need to hit them with the electrolysis for a couple months...I found my first salt water cannonball three years ago and I think they are just about ready for display. If you don't do the fresh water soak they will disintegrate...

Hi Romeo...

ty for the information....

I found 3 last year but all were on land...cleaned them up right away and they still look great...no rust ever came back on them.

These are my 1st salt water cannonballs...so good good..glad to have the info...I,ll go put them in to soak right away.

They were in the mud and rocks..2 of them were completely burried onother one was half burried..the one with the rust.

The smallest one smells really bad...almost like kerosene. ...other one that was burried has a bad odour also.

That is a long time to get them reday for display...but much better than wasting them.

 

[AQUA]

Nice finds! I thought I found a cannonball last week and I think it was a wrought iron bed knob or a Victorian fence post top.

Anyway. Any chance you think some of those are "grape shot"?

TY Scrappy...

The smallest one could very well be a grape shot....or small bore cannon...1 7/8 INCH DIAMETER ...........370 GRAMS WEIGHT

Next one is 2 5/8 DIAMETER...........900 GRAMS...2LBS

3RD ONE .....2 3/4 DIAMETER......... 1000+ GRAMS..but is rusty and fair bit of access attached to it.

 

[AQUA]

That's unless you go with Plan D!


More to add to your treasure pile. I can see I will have a lot of catching up to do, but instead of numbers, I just want one great one to trump them all!

Quality is always way better than quantity. !!!

Quantity just makes for fun hunting ....


You will pull out something awesome with that new machine thatt will put all my finds to shame ...wait and see.

 

[pepperj]

I guess one can never have too many balls, congrats on the latest additions to the collection.

 

[AQUA]

I guess one can never have too many balls, congrats on the latest additions to the collection.

LOL...TY PEPPERJ

YUP..lotsa balls is good to have.!!

Gonna have to set up my own space where I can spread my stuff out for display ... wife is growling cause I got stuff spread all over the place in different locations ..in the livingroom / basement/garage/ drawers/ 6 display cases stacked in the bedroom etc etc..lol.

What do you guys do with all your stuff...have your own room ?

 

[The Patriot]

LOL...TY PEPPERJ YUP..lotsa balls is good to have.!! Gonna have to set up my own space where I can spread my stuff out for display ... wife is growling cause I got stuff spread all over the place in different locations ..in the livingroom / basement/garage/ drawers/ 6 display cases stacked in the bedroom etc etc..lol. What do you guys do with all your stuff...have your own room ?

that was the plan for me...my own room but when the wife was done, i have my large closet and boxes in the garage....good luck with her lol