Cannonball Run Part 2...and 3!!!!

[romeo-1]

Well, the hunt started out awful but ended well! It rained all day yesterday but after midnight it turned freezing and snowed...very messy. Despite this I decided to go back to the beach where I found the cannonball earlier this week and give it another shot. When I got to the site i parked at a service station and asked the owner for permission to leave my car there...no problem. I got about 50 yards from the car before I realized that i locked my keys in the car!!! I figured that there was nothing I could do about it now so I might as well do my detecting and worry about it later. Just before the beach is a patch of marsh mud which usually isn't a problem. I got halfway across the marsh mud when I stepped into a hole which went over my boot...now i'm in a little trouble. My foot is wet and my keys are locked in the car...and it's about -25 Celsius with the windchill. Luckily I wore two pairs of socks so I carefully took off the wet socks and put on one of the dry socks from my dry boot. I also had a plastic bag in my pocket so I wrapped that around my foot before putting it back into the wet boot. Feeling rather proud of my preparedness I started walking again...and didn't get three feet before my other foot went into another water filled hole!!! Now I'm in trouble. Soaking foot, keys locked in the car and the spare set 25 miles away. Long story short, i called the wife and asked her to call a friend to run me out the spare set along with socks and boots. 45 minutes later and I was finally detecting!

As you can see, the hardship was worth the effort. I found a section of beach that was just littered with lead! I still love digging lead so I spent about 20 minutes here before setting out in search of another cannonball. I found the smaller one first...I think it's a 6 pounder but I haven't weighed it yet. 30 minutes later and i had the larger 12 pounder! That's my second 12 from this site.

Yesterday I posted some lead and stated that I was happy that i didn't find a cannonball because where's the fun if the site is littered with them...well today I can tell you that it is still very fun!!! Now i've got bookends and one for my desk at work!!!

Patriot, I'm catching up!!

 

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[Steve in PA]

Wow! You are starting to accumulate a nice collection of cannonballs and I have a feeling your not done yet!

 

[romeo-1]

Wow! You are starting to accumulate a nice collection of cannonballs and I have a feeling your not done yet!

Not done by a long shot...but I'm going to keep off this beach until this spring and offer it up to some visiting fellow detectorists! Any takers?

 

[Iron Patch]

Very expected! And a day you will never forget... but there ain't no way that's a 6 and 12. If that's a 6, I bet you have a 18!

 

[Iron Patch]

Dude, that looks huge, get it on the scale. Are you sure it's the same size as your first one?

 

[CanadianTrout]

Any takers?

If only I lived closer romeo1, if only....

Great finds too!!

 

[Iron Patch]

Wow! You are starting to accumulate a nice collection of cannonballs and I have a feeling your not done yet!

Not done by a long shot...but I'm going to keep off this beach until this spring and offer it up to some visiting fellow detectorists! Any takers?

I think you might get a few on that.

 

[romeo-1]

Dude, that looks huge, get it on the scale. Are you sure it's the same size as your first one?

Yeah, as soon as Little Romeo-1 wakes up I'll throw them on the scale...

 

[Iron Patch]

Dude, that looks huge, get it on the scale. Are you sure it's the same size as your first one?

Yeah, as soon as Little Romeo-1 wakes up I'll throw them on the scale...

What I like about those is you know the history. I can only make a connection for two of mine, the others just misc. house sites. That's the main reason I would want to dig one from there... because it has a great story to go with it

 

[Iron Patch]

I'd say your small one is a 4 pounder, but the big one sure looks bigger than 12.

 

[romeo-1]

I'd say your small one is a 4 pounder, but the big one sure looks bigger than 12.

A four pounder would make sense...confirmation coming soon...

 

[civilman1]

With a spot like that,who would've thunk

 

[romeo-1]

I'd say your small one is a 4 pounder, but the big one sure looks bigger than 12.

Small one is indeed a 4 pounder...big ones are 12, both the same.

 

[mile-ender]

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Nice lead shot and cannonball finds romeo-1!
Watch out for the dreaded trench-foot though!

 

[collector01]

Awesome finds! I cant wait to find one of them, I hope this spring going to a civil war fort, but wish I could dig one there since it was a battle. Congrats on finding a great place to hunt and your great finds. HH!

 

[Iron Patch]

I'd say your small one is a 4 pounder, but the big one sure looks bigger than 12.

Small one is indeed a 4 pounder...big ones are 12, both the same.

Just a picture then. Doesn't matter, still a pretty good week going from zero to three.

 

[The Patriot]

Your sure catching up with a bang romeo...at that rate you'll have me and IP whipped in that department...with all the snow we've been getting I'll be out in July Keep them coming!!! love seeing those suckers come out....

 

[Iron Patch]

Your sure catching up with a bang romeo...at that rate you'll have me and IP whipped in that department...with all the snow we've been getting I'll be out in July Keep them coming!!! love seeing those suckers come out....

Shut up! He said he is waiting for Spring! read above.

 

[The Patriot]

Your sure catching up with a bang romeo...at that rate you'll have me and IP whipped in that department...with all the snow we've been getting I'll be out in July Keep them coming!!! love seeing those suckers come out....

Shut up! He said he is waiting for Spring! read above.

LOL....missed that... it would be a hard one to keep off considering the potenial there...then again for him spring is usually early so me and you may have to go down!!!