My July 4th "Cherry Bomb"

[Fredneck]

My July 4th "Cherry Bomb"

CW camp finds after 6 hours of serious sweat. The Cannon Ball was a nice suprise....not being a normal camp find. The stone ink and some buttons were recovered from a Hut I located, including the Blue porcelain one recovered in the hut sift, which I thought to be an interesting find.

Thanks for looking and Good Luck in your finds,
Dave

 

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[lonewolfe]

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WoW!

Nice stuff!

HH

Lonewolfe

 

[Monty]

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When I see artifacts like that I can almost hear the roar of the cannon and smell the smoke! Very interesting finds and a glimpse of the past you/we might otherwise never experience. Tremendous finds. Keep posting. JIM

 

[Charles]

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I am in the wrong state. Hard to find a place to hunt for CW relics and No gold nuggets to speak of. Great finds by the way. At least I don't have to lug cannon balls back to the truck, LOL

 

[Huntin' 59er]

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Congrats ! And thanks for sharing this bit of history with us.

Huntin' 59er

 

[Nana40]

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Really great finds Dave!!!

 

[bigrig40]

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great lookin finds Dave.very cool.

peace,bigrig

 

[Gold Digger]

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I am in the wrong state. Hard to find a place to hunt for CW relics and No gold nuggets to speak of. Great finds by the way. At least I don't have to lug cannon balls back to the truck, LOL

You don't know how many times I've said the same thing to my detecting buddy... We need to go somewhere else to find these things... LOL

Those are some excellent finds Dave...
How do you know if that cannon ball is explosive or not? Well other than the obvious...

 

[stoney56]

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Gold Digger, use this link. Left column click on field projectiles, then smoothbore. There's also a quick fuse in left column.http://civilwarartillery.com/
VA Dave, excellent finds! Love the cannonball and buttons. There's so many varieties that you can spend a lifetime looking for them.

 

[Getty]

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Most excellent finds!! Awesome!!!

 

[Harley digs it]

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Wow thats cool, I've always wanted a cannon ball. I know where I might be able to find some but they are in that same area where there is a lot of explosives from an explossion of a ship in our harbour. So MDing there is not a good idea.

 

[alwayslookin]

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From one Dave to another Dave..Very nice Dave.

Dave

 

[Floater]

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Those are some Great finds My friend.The Inker is nice as is the Porcelain. HH

 

[Fredneck]

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Thanks a lot everybody, I'm glad you everyone enjoyed the finds.

I am in the wrong state. Hard to find a place to hunt for CW relics and No gold nuggets to speak of.? ? Great finds by the way. At least I don't have to lug cannon balls back to the truck, LOL

LOL Charles, it really was a lug too, I couldn't just shove it in my pocket like the rest. 2 hour hut dig and 4 hours of surface hunting, to add the blistering heat, it was a lug.....of Joy
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Those are some excellent finds Dave...
How do you know if that cannon ball is explosive or not? Well other than the obvious...?
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Thanks for your interest Gold Digger.....this Ball has no fuse and definitely is solid, its very heavy. The solid shots were used to penatrate barriers such as stone walls, Ironclads, forts etc. There is a peculiar rock mass upon one of the hilltops,maybe a fort or cannon bunker was placed there.
Thanks again everyone, and Good Luck in your Digs,
Dave

 

[JakePhelps]

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How many pounds or inches is that one? Great find!!

 

[Fredneck]

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How many pounds or inches is that one? Great find!!

Thanks Jake,
Its a 4.50 inch 12 Pounder, and today I dug another piece at the same site that ties to the Artillery....Letter "A" Hat piece. The recovered relics, lanscape, and other factors are telling a different story than my research. To be continued......

Dave

 

[Mona Lisa]

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That's great stuff, Dave. Thanks for the interesting posts!

 

[cableman79]

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Is this place protected (state/fed park)? Great research, I cant for the life of me think that you are at a battle site that isn't restricted. Are there such places? Everything around here is a stinking state park. (I shouldn't say stinking, because not everyone takes care of these places and I guess someone has to protect them.)

 

[Leon]

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Very nice finds!!!
What kind of weight does the cannon ball have to it...
Don't look like ya would want to carry it too far...
Good luck & Happy hunting~

 

[JerV3]

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Nice cw stuff. That stuff is neat to own. Would like to do some civil war hunting here in the future. There's alot of places in P.a to look. Just need more travel time to find it. Keep hunting that site. Looks like just the beginning.

HH Jer