Cellar Hole with a Cannon Ball? UPDATED WITH WEIGHT AND DIAMETER.

[RatherBeDigging]

I wandered around these woods on and off the last year and finding a few indians, 1937 quater, a few D buckles, 2 1920s dog license tags, key hole, broach, silver luckenbooth broach part and seemingly randomly scattered coppers and colonial buttons here and there. I finally found the source of the colonial items and there was a surprise in the cellar hole. What I'm pretty sure is a Cannon ball. It was a foot down. Still in its rust bath but it's coming up.

Funny part is I was so close all this time. Tons of buttons here. None of the flat buttons have any back marks . So am I correct to assume site was in use through revolutionary war? Only coin in hot zone is a drapped bust. Lot of pottery bits mixed in along with black glass bottle base that appears to have pontail mark on it.

I lumped finds from hot zone and surrounding area made in last 2 weeks together in one photo so a few things are getting reposted.

Any clue on the 2 halves of the finial? It rang in pretty low. And the plate by ceramic knob item is??

 

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[pepperj]

Congrats on the ball.
Now you can clean it up, measure/weigh it.
Then an accurate ID can be established.

 

[Digger RJ]

I wandered around these woods on and off the last year and finding a few indians, 1937 quater, a few D buckles, 2 1920s dog license tags, key hole, broach, silver luckenbooth broach part and seemingly randomly scattered coppers and colonial buttons here and there. I finally found the source of the colonial items and there was a surprise in the cellar hole. What I'm pretty sure is a Cannon ball. It was a foot down. Still in its rust bath but it's coming up.

Funny part is I was so close all this time. Tons of buttons here. None of the flat buttons have any back marks . So am I correct to assume site was in use through revolutionary war? Only coin in hot zone is a drapped bust. Lot of pottery bits mixed in along with black glass bottle base that appears to have pontail mark on it.

I lumped finds from hot zone and surrounding area made in last 2 weeks together in one photo so a few things are getting reposted.

Any clue on the 2 halves of the finial? It rang in pretty low. And the plate by ceramic knob item is??

Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Excellent finds !

 

[scruggs]

Nice assortment of finds you made!

 

[Fredneck]

Nice colonial relics ! The 2 finial pieces are 18th century leather ornaments, likely horse tack.

 

[Almy]

The coppers look like heavily-worn and then corroded British halfpennies that I have found. A lot of them were worn out in England, and then shipped to North America to be further used in the colonies, I have read. Sometimes I have been able to ID them and sometimes there just is no detail there.

 

[RatherBeDigging]

The coppers look like heavily-worn and then corroded British halfpennies that I have found. A lot of them were worn out in England, and then shipped to North America to be further used in the colonies, I have read. Sometimes I have been able to ID them and sometimes there just is no detail there.

Some have an identity. One is a drapped bust, one A US large cent though I can only read the one cent side, one all I can see is 1775. Last one in photo worn out. Others not in post like you said corroded and worn out. Was a worn farthing in there. Theory about sending the worn out stuff makes sense. Have yet to fund anything British is USA that has good detail.

 

[Florida Finder]

I wandered around these woods on and off the last year and finding a few indians, 1937 quater, a few D buckles, 2 1920s dog license tags, key hole, broach, silver luckenbooth broach part and seemingly randomly scattered coppers and colonial buttons here and there. I finally found the source of the colonial items and there was a surprise in the cellar hole. What I'm pretty sure is a Cannon ball. It was a foot down. Still in its rust bath but it's coming up.

Funny part is I was so close all this time. Tons of buttons here. None of the flat buttons have any back marks . So am I correct to assume site was in use through revolutionary war? Only coin in hot zone is a drapped bust. Lot of pottery bits mixed in along with black glass bottle base that appears to have pontail mark on it.

I lumped finds from hot zone and surrounding area made in last 2 weeks together in one photo so a few things are getting reposted.

Any clue on the 2 halves of the finial? It rang in pretty low. And the plate by ceramic knob item is??

Very nice finds. Congratulations

 

[RatherBeDigging]

Mostly clean. Oxalic acid soak for a few weeks, wire brush, soak and some electrolysis. Still has to be brushed a little more and acid bath for tiny bit of remaining rust.

Weight is 6 pounds.

Diameter is 3.4 to 3.5 inches on calipers.

Few holes drilled in top? It has a face ha!