Update on find

[CASPER-2]

found a round concretion last month and broke away crust to discover a round ball
wondered if could be a small canon ball - well took to Whydah pirate museum and had archeologist look at it
and she confirmed I had a large "shot" ball or small canon ball from a swivel gun ​

it is little larger than lg shot balls they've found and she seemed to lean more toward from a deck gun

 

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[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions!

 

[Whyme]

Oh wow very cool! I'm always amazed at the finds that people get on the forum!

 

[Javadroid]

Well that's just flat out interesting! Well done on the follow-up!

 

[islamoradamark]

how would you like to get hit with that nice find

 

[Rookster]

Hope it turns out to be CW or earlier. Congrats on the nice find.

 

[the_mad_cladder]

That’s a cool piece. I bet that made a mess when it hit something.

 

[Ahab8]

Very cool. That Whydah display is incredible! They were set up in Portland for a few months. It was beyond my expectations. Congrats on a great relic

 

[Silvermonkey]

That's awesome. Nice to get some informed confirmation from an expert. I had a chance to visit that museum a couple of weeks ago. Very fun, and educational.

 

[DetectingGodlikeOnOlympus]

I'm not an expert but I have been metal detecting the City Park for 30 years, and I feel confident in saying that sized ball was most likely used to kill lobsters.

 

[CASPER-2]

Hope it turns out to be CW or earlier. Congrats on the nice find.

the one thing she could not do is date it - I find musketballs in the area and flatbuttons now and then which the buttons
range from 1700s into the 1800s - I found a Continental USA Washington army pewter button in the area in the water
though no fighting took place that I know of - it was probably a practice shot - same with the musket balls
I know that supposedly there was a small sloop that ran aground there in the later 1700s that they supposedly used for target practice for yrs
I find bronze nails/spikes and lead balls around one area but it is a couple miles from where iron ball came from

 

[the_mad_cladder]

I’m can we vote banner based solely on another members avatar picture? Lol��

 

[against the wind]

Nicely done,, definitely not a common find.
Congratulations

 

[d2]

That is sweet...d2

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice find, and effort into having the ID made.

 

[A2coins]

thats a double banner im waving a banner freakin cool find

 

[Hawks88]

Congratulations on a very interesting find.