Any ideas

[Whatdayagot]

Dug this tonight any ideas I’m assuming it’s lead as it’s very heavy and looks like a giant musket ball

 

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[Gene Mean]

Nice! You know the routine, what's the weight and diam?

 

[Tack Driver]

Grape shot?

 

[fyrffytr1]

I have one like it that never got IDed here. Mine is about 1" in diameter. I hope it is grape or canister shot.

 

[Whatdayagot]

Nice! You know the routine, what's the weight and diam?

Have to find my scale had floors redone awhile ago and I think the scale got packed away but I’ll get to it

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

I too have found the occasional unidentified 'iron ball' on homesteads, to date I've only had one conclusively identified as War of 1812 grapeshot.
I hope your find turns out to be the real deal, we all deserve to find a cannonball at least once in our lives.

Here's a pic of the two I've found.
Dave

 

[ARC]

IMO... this is from "canister shot".

 

[Whatdayagot]

I will get measurements /weights the interesting thing is the spot I found it has been a ice cream stand since I was born before that a old house/hotel that’s all anyone knows however about 150-200 yards north is a 1700s house that I know the main branch of the cont army stopped at entities to Philadelphia PA after the rev war ended as a riot had broken out they were allowed to stop and cook n eat their provisions on this lawn back then it was probably all one property and I googled awhile back how many soldiers were in the cont army and it was somewhere around 10000-12000 mine looks in perfect condition and I think is all lead like a musket ball sometimes I find musket balls in the same shape I’ll be curious to find out that would be pretty cool picture red dot is where I found it blue is the 1700s house

 

[A2coins]

Hope it is that would be cool and give you a site to tear into some more

 

[fyrffytr1]

IMO... this is from "canister shot".

Are you talking about Whatdayagot's and my lead balls or ANTIQUARIAN's iron ones?