Cannonball or mill ball ?

[J-Hend]

Well my first week into this hobby I went to a civil war battle ground and found this ball about 18 inches deep in a creek ... It had black covered around it some but I didn't know if it could have been a canister ball from a 42pdr. It weighs 1.37 pounds and is 2-1/4 inches thick on the long and 2-1/8 inches thick on the short ....I was noticing the seam at about the middle.... I wonder if it's just an old steel ball or an actual civil war ball. Any help would surely be appreciated ! Thanks everyone.

 

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[GatorBoy]

Just a shot in the dark here but I'm going with a steel ball for cleaning the interior of a cement truck

 

[J-Hend]

I sure was hoping to be one of these but oh well

 

[GatorBoy]

I don't blame you but those were iron your piece is not.

 

[J-Hend]

I think I'm going to cut it in half and take a peek ..

 

[kshollywood]

A Minnie ball is a three ringer, it was invented by Dr Minnie hence the name. Usually canister shot is rusted because it's iron.

 

[Turbo21]

A Minnie ball is a three ringer, it was invented by Dr Minnie hence the name. Usually canister shot is rusted because it's iron.

You misread the title. He said mill ball not Minnie ball

 

[kshollywood]

Yeah I just saw that, sorry