679 Cannonballs found

[Rob66]

Didn't realized they came in all sorts of different sizes.
Cool...

 

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[starwarsblazer]

Excellent Job!

Congrats!

 

[chong2]

i had a 37mm "flare" launcher, the shells loaded perfect with 37mm film canisters, for practice rounds

 

[Hunter]

Wow AWESOME!!! Great find!

 

[allen]

awesome finds...

 

[Old River]

Fantistic find.

 

[Montana Jim]

He originally posted this on Nov 17, 2006 - It WAS on the banner at the time...

 

[{Sentinel}]

Let me tell you my friend that this is an unbelievable find and I dont know if you know how LUCKY that you are! I have had the pleasure of diggin cannonballs and seeing them dug and let me tell you, they are not something that you find everyday and are getting pretty scarce to find this day and age. That being said, this is WAY more balls than I previous knew of being found in one spot...although those were Civil War cannon balls, I would DEFINITELY not turn down Spanish cannonballs. The size and shape of these cannonballs do suggest them to be earlier than the Indian war era as 'bolt' type artillery was used by those times. Congratulations and this is a BANNER if EVER I SAW ONE:

BANNER!!! BANNER!!!! BANNER!!!!

 

[Jeffro]

I thought for sure since they were found in California it was figured out they were mill balls? Been awhile since I even seen this one..... Maybe my memory isn't as good as it once was!


After rereading the whole dang thread, I can't see where it was ever substantiated. Maybe he did find out they were mill balls and never reported back after getting everybody hyped up? I dunno. I would think if they were authenticated as projectiles he'd sure be back to let everybody know.

As easy as it would be to authenticate, I'm surprised!

 

[rmptr]

Aw Jeffro...

Drop some powder down the bore, tamp in some wad and roll in a ball, touch 'er off and U got a JEN U WINE cannonball! LoL

I wouldn't doubt they have stuffed everything under the sun in a cannon at one time or other.

I'll bet rocks made an impressive impact!

Sure is a fun thread.

HH
rmptr

 

[Dave45]

How can you even sleep, Id be huntin till I fell over, get up an go again. If mill balls find the smelter-mine.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

679 cannonballs/millballs read 23,000 times...

 

[rabajohn]

Congrats! That is so interesting! Just seeing the shed would have made the trip a blast for me. I say you oughta drill all of the cannonballs and make "Clackers" out of them. (You remember! the 60's/70's toy that used to bash and bruise your forearm). We sure would like to see some pics of the shed, too.

 

[Detectingfreak]

wow! Look at all thats cannonballs! What an awesome find! You guys must of been really excited when you dug those up off the ground!

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Whats the update Abe? Any authentication? Millballs or what?

 

[Silverfox]

I got back surgery done in late December, fused L3, L4 &L5 disc and to this day I'm still having problems putting on my shoes. My Doctor happened to be crazy into machine guns, rifles, heavy artillery and so on. So I gave him the three different sizes to have and place in his office, but instead he sent them out to a guy in Phoenix area and he came to the conclusion that these were SPANISH 18th century cannons. That's all that's been done with them so far. I'm hoping if I get to walking better to go back and take pictures and gather another load, but I would have to have help for sure because of the distance that one has to park.
Thanks for the replys!!!

 

[tapoutking]

Awsome man! Sorry about your back.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I got back surgery done in late December, fused L3, L4 &L5 disc and to this day I'm still having problems putting on my shoes. My Doctor happened to be crazy into machine guns, rifles, heavy artillery and so on. So I gave him the three different sizes to have and place in his office, but instead he sent them out to a guy in Phoenix area and he came to the conclusion that these were SPANISH 18th century cannons. That's all that's been done with them so far. I'm hoping if I get to walking better to go back and take pictures and gather another load, but I would have to have help for sure because of the distance that one has to park.
Thanks for the replys!!!

Wow! Thanks for the update. Sorry about back.

 

[kycanine]

Sounds like "The Curse Of The Spanish Balls" has taken another victim. Just kidding. Awsome find. And I hope your back is doing better.

 

[Dave45]

If they left the ammo I'd bet the cannon is there too.
Dave