Cannonball (What period?)

[diggerbob]

I found this several years ago in an area where both colonial and civil relics can be found. I am not sure of the weight but it measures exactly 3" in diameter. I have been told that confederate cannonballs were not tumbled, therefor, leaving the seam mark and mold mark, or is this older than civil war?

 

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[Rob66]

Looks like an antique dumbell one side fell off

 

[wildrider]

No no no not a cannonball that I've ever seen.

 

[silverswede]

Many times what is mistaken for cannon balls turns out to be from a ball mill where ore or even corn has been processed (crushed). Personally I can't tell the difference,they're from the same period and if hit in the the head by one it wouldn't matter. Put it on the shelf and call it a cannon ball.