Definitely think cannon projectile

[borntohunt460]

Found this today and the more searching I do the more I'm thinking its a grape shot or canister shot from civil war era. I'm not able to see a seam due to the corrosion. What's odd is I found it in the front yard of a farm house near Dayton Ohio. Not sure if there was civil war activity here but people were living on this property before at least 1855. Is there any way to rule out a big ball bearing since I found it in the front yard of a fame house built in 1900?

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

How to Research for Treasure Hunting and Metal Detecting From Lead Generation to Vetting - Grab it through Amazon!

[Pointman]

There is a post somewhere that someone had the same question as you. It may be in the cleaning and preservation section. He had to use electrolysis to clean up the round ball and then he took measurements at two different points in thousandths and weighed it. Another member was then able to narrow down what it was by taking the measurements and weight and concluded that it was canister shot I believe.

 

[parsonwalker]

Weight and precise measurements from a caliper (after some cleaning) will help members like CannonballGuy nail it down for you. Post it in the "What Is It?" section and CBG will see it.

 

[Kodiak43351]

There was a confederate raid through ohio during civil war but not aware of any battles. War of 1812 and Indian wars were fought here though.

 

[borntohunt460]

So the measurement is almost exactly 1.25 in. Could be some variance because of the corrosion. Don't have a weight but it's very dense for its size.

Not that it necessarily matters but if I google civil war grape shot it's almost identical to all the pictures

 

[cti4sw]

I have come to realize that battles and skirmishes need not have occurred in a given area in order to find war relics there. For example, you can find CW era relics outside of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania despite that being the only battle to occur in the state. PA mustered the second largest troop force for the CW of all the Union states after New York, I believe I read that somewhere, and all those militias and regiments had to drill and muster and practice somewhere. And live somewhere. Who knows what sorts of "souvenirs" soldiers brought home besides wounds and scars?