679 Cannonballs found

[viper771]

WOW! Id buy some off you!

 

[Bavaria Mike]

That is the mother load, awesome!!! Maybe you can research the site over winter and find out more about them. I thought my two cannon balls were great but 679, whoa, LOL! HH and a big congrats, Mike

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Wow.

I've got an area where three, (3) have been
found in the last 60 some years.

I would love to find the 4th.

You folks come up 679

Again, Wow
Nice find.

have a good un....

 

[alwayslookin]

Cool finds indeed....but to me it looks like a win-win situation for you. If they are mill balls and not cannon balls they 1.) are still historic and; 2.) you must be pretty darn close to a big mine of some kind. I can't imagine that if they are mill balls that someone would just be carrying them around for something to do . They were there for a purpose rather it was a Ammo depot or mill area of some sort still pretty cool to have and to have found. Post the pics of the area as long as it won't give the location away, else you might go back in the spring to an empty site. Like the others have said W& ET definitely.

Dave

 

[PBK]

I thought that these had already been confirmed as projectiles. If not, maybe there's an easy way to settle this "Cannonball" vs. "Mill Ball" debate. From your other post, I know that you've weighed and measured the various sizes. Why not send the photos and specifications to Jack W. Melton, Jr., coauthor of Civil War Artillery Projectiles, and see what he says? I'm sure he'd be interested in your find... especially if the subject header for your e-mail is "679 Cannonballs Found!" There's also a ton of info on his website.

Address: jack@jwmelton.com

Website: http://www.civilwarartillery.com/

 

[allen]

NOW THAT IS AN AWESOME FIND. SELL SOME, KEEP SOME AND GIVE SOME AWAY. WAY TO GO ON A TERRIFIC FIND

 

[Salvager]

"SPEACHLESS"​

 

[goldencoin]

Sweet!

HH
-GC

 

[PBK]

The following might be of interest:

http://www.civilwarartillery.com/shottables.htm

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

What was inside the shed?

 

[livetoplay804]

VERY COOL!

AWESOME!

 

[Burdie]

Did someone say there is nothing to find now days!!! Burdie

 

[sparkymaster]

Very nice haul.

 

[lou423]

Very nice finds, It does not matter if they are cannon or mill balls....

 

[coolcash2004]

AMAZING!

What i would give just to have 1!

WTG! Congrats!

-CC

 

[The Gemologist]

I have a fair amount of mining in my background, and I'm thinking (contray to most) that these are milling balls. Thats primarily because of the different sizes. In milling rock different sizes are used with different size rock to be milled.

It's a very good find, but i would take care before offering for sale to finish the detective work

Congrats

 

[james 101]

man very cool thats awesome

 

[birdman]

High adventure!!!!!!!!!!!! I would love some pics and history on the location. That is amazing. I have three cannonball s and it took me a good while to find those. Keep the information coming. Congrats.

 

[cheffer]

whoa- sure you got enough? definitely "best finds" material and probably "most ambitious" as well.

 

[Night Stalker]

I didn't say it in my earlier post, so here it goes...​

I'm GREEN with envy!!!​