is this a cannonball

allison86

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My stepfather found this digging a hole for a fence post this was 3 feet deep there was a couple of civil war forts here in western wa and there was a few territory wars in the mid 1800s 20160417_180816.jpg
 

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Did it come out of the ground looking like this?
 

8 pounds someone said it was a millball but i think its a cannonball and how deep it was and there was a few wars around here puget sound terrirtory
 

Yes it did i am sure its iron
 

Yes it was three feet deep
 

Almost certainly. I see the molded seam. I assume the ball was cleaned and polished so, very nice
 

I will show you a other pic :thumbsup:
 

Looks to be to me too. I do see where Bartek is coming from, doesn't seem to have allot of pitting,but maybe came up nice and was polished like Scrappy mentioned. Send the "TheCannonBallGuy" a PM , he is the master on Artillery.
 

Maybe my dad did polish it i will have to ask
 

I'm not sure, but looks more mill ball to me.
 

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