679 Cannonballs found

[cavers5]

Buddy, if you ain't already called in sick to work and packed up the camping gear, then.....DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO IN AND GET WHATEVER ELSE IS THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AWESOME FIND!!!!!!!!!!!
CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!

Cavers5

 

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[Mainedigger]

WOW!!!!!!!! I donl;t care if they are cannon balls or mill balls....AWESOME FIND!!!!!!!!!! 679 in one spot? That has to be a record WTG!!!! and CONGRATS!!!! I don't know diddly about either but hope they are cannon balls rather than mill balls, but regardless, as an earlier poster stated...either way they are an awesome historical find....CONGRATS!!!! Hope you find plenty more when you get out there again, along with some gold coins to go with them...

 

[Jeffro]

Being found in the west, I doubt they're civil war era if they do prove to be cannonballs. Spanish origin? Maybe so... Mill balls? Probably 50/50 chance between the two theories so far. I'm leaning towards mill balls myself, too many different sizes for one location, possibly.

Any history of a fort in the general area? Something to substantiate the cannons? If not, then probably mill balls.

 

[mlw67]

Very interesting to find 679 of anything.

Cannon balls? Mill balls? Petrified prehistoric giant deer droppings?

 

[theloadroom]

Very interesting to find 679 of anything.

Petrified prehistoric giant deer droppings?

LOL mlw

Very awsome find regardless of intended use!!

 

[cheese]

Wow! That's quite an impressive (and heavy) haul! I wish I could just find one cannonball. One day...maybe.

 

[wannadanc]

FWIW -

knowing NOTHING about the topic in this thread, I was curious and did a bit of "googling".

I don't know if the link I am going to post will be helpful, but there is a LOT of information here and maybe it will help you in determining the identity of your marvelous orbs.

http://www.cwbullet.org/-vp12039.html

HH and keep on swinging!

 

[gldhntr]

google search of '' civil war cannons wanted/for sale'' will show several sites that can authenticate these, and a couple of them will buy them straight out if actually cannon balls.....whatever they are,, great find, and you have to wonder, if they would go to so much trouble as to dig a hole big/deep enough just to bury the balls, wonder what other holes they dug for more important items there..........gldhntr

 

[romeo-1]

Increible find! Congrats and good luck selling!

 

[lostdutchman]

Thats a heck of a haul on cannon balls!! great find

 

[mvSWAT]

Awesome.....would love to see a pic of the building/post where you found them.
Happy Hunting. Dan

 

[ZoSo71]

Umm..Ahhh..Hmmm...

I'm Speechless... Don't know what to say...Great Find...


~Z

 

[Marty-Graw]

so you actually got to use a wagon on the wagon road huh? lol...... awesome find......i personally dont give a rip what they are i cant find anything but junk lately so i would love to find one of those no matter what it is

Marty

 

[schj24]

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Made my heart race. Im so jealous.

 

[rgecy]

Shouldn't be too hard to determine. Weigh and measure the balls and compare to cannon projectiles.

Congrats on the find!

Robert in SC

 

[DiggingFl]

Fantastic find Abe. . All I can say is WOW.

 

[maureen]

I just have one question
I hope that these werent found in a State Park.. if so is it legal to remove them?
just wondering

 

[Silverfox]

Not in a State or National Park but in an old Vineyard farm. 200+ Acres.

 

[lonewolfe]

Good job!

Looks like it was fun and profitable too! lol

HH

Lonewolfe

 

[Snee]

Nothing could stop me from returning and making sure I checked every inch of the surrounding few acres around that place