Neighbors yard yields 12 lb solid shot!

[diggervet]

Went out for a short hunt today because it was below 95 degrees here in central Virginia. DV jr and I decided to hunt along a hill on our neighbors property we had seldom hit. We weren't finding much so I decided to move a little further up the hillside when I picked up a VERY strong signal and figured I had found an old car part or other such debris. I only had to remove about three inches of root mat when I hit a very solid and heavy sounding item. This immediately drew the attention of my son and I figured I had gotten lucky with a large shell frag. I quickly realized it was a 12 lb solid shot as I scooped it out of the hole! It appears to be of Union origin but it does have a fairly prominent seam, so who knows? More proof that no field, woods or lot is ever completely hunted out!

 

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[txkickergirl]

holy cow I bet your detector screamed.

 

[lovedigging]

Great find... I can honestly say out of all I've found mine is one of my favorite things I've found so far. Congratulations

 

[Iron Patch]

Yep, iron often gets left behind.

I too have a 12 pounder.

 

[treasurefiend]

Now that is cool, congrats on the great find!!!

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Congrats on the nice cannon ball! HH, Mike

 

[civilman1]

Congratulation's DV Nice center piece for the collection.I'm finding more and more schrapnel digging all the "discarded iron" hit's no one want to dig......Dig it all Man!!!Nice Job!!!

 

[goldencoin]

Very cool, all you need to do now is find that cannon

HH
-GC

 

[TimC (North Alabama)]

A cannon ball, now how cool is that. Now go get the rest.

 

[tymcmurray]

Not a bad find by any means.
Excuse me while I go dig some iron now.

 

[duggap]

Nice find and a real good job on the clean up. Now go back and find the other three they fired that day.

 

[sixguns]

GREAT find DV, congrats....

 

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

That is WAYYY cool! I know I'm a novice, but, how did you get the crud off it?

 

[Bartman]

Awesome find, but how did you clean it? Really looks good after clean-up.

 

[romeo-1]

aka...Cannonball! My grail find for the season...still looking!

 

[Scott (Mich)]

I have a question since I am a newbie in regards to knowing about cannon balls. Is it solid or is there gunpowder inside?

Is there a way to know if one has powder in it? Like maybe there would be a fuse or hole of some sort?

Thanks.

Scott (MI)

 

[Iron Patch]

I have a question since I am a newbie in regards to knowing about cannon balls. Is it solid or is there gunpowder inside?

Is there a way to know if one has powder in it? Like maybe there would be a fuse or hole of some sort?

Thanks.

Scott (MI)

Yep, fuse or hole remaining. If there's a lot of rust you have to make sure it's not covering it.

 

[dgaughan]

wow awesome find congrats and hh

 

[pookie-princess of rust]

wow. congrats.