Musket balls at a soccer field!

[BenVa68]

Decided to go MDing for a while after work today. I hit a soccer field near the house expecting to find change and possibly some jewelry, which I did but I also found some musket balls. The soccer field is only about 1/4 mile from where a Colonial settlement was located so I guess i shouldn't be so surprised. As best I could tell they average around .502 caliber. One was definitely fired.

 

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[A2coins]

They didn't play fair back then lol could those be fishing weights I don't know why but your pics are to big on my screen for some reason!!!!!!

 

[Rookster]

Nice finds.Congrats

 

[BenVa68]

No definitely not fishing weights. It was hard to get an exact consistent measurement but the average I kept getting was .502

 

[l.cutler]

Too small for musket balls, most likely rifle balls. Always nice to find!

 

[HCW]

I wonder where that fill came from?

 

[TimberCrack]

Get yourself a really good magnifying glass...if muzzleloader you'll see rifling marks even if patched...if not my guess is its grapeshot from a Civil War Cannon..

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Very nice CW relics, congratulations!