EARLY HAPPY THANKSGIVING FOR ME! After photos of cannonball and Bayonet

[Ronin9868]

EARLY HAPPY THANKSGIVING FOR ME! After photo's of cannonball and Bayonet

Hi everyone,


I just thought I would post the finished product of the Bayonet and 12 lb Cannon Ball solid shot. They really came out great.


I went out this morning to do a little relic hunting and to my amazement I pulled up a Civil War Napoleon 12 Pound solid shot cannon ball. Funny I should find this today because I went relic hunting the other day with Whippetdog and played a little joke on him by burying a piece of shrapnel to look like a whole cannon ball. Then called him over to dig it. Wish he could had been out today to see this. I cleaned it up a bit but will surely post it again when its finished. Thanks for looking and have a great Thanksgiving this week everyone!!

HH Ronin9868

 

[Fishstank]

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awesome finds!!

 

[Gypsy Heart]

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I dont know how big your turkey is you are going after....but I think your shot is a little heavy!
Nice find

 

[CarolinaDigs]

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Wonderful and amazing relic !!

 

[WindHarvester]

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Wow, what a great find! I'll bet you were thrilled.

It looks good after chipping it with the hammer, can't wait to see the other pictures.

Thanks for sharing and have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Lonnie

 

[halfdime]

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Are you sure that isn't a shot put?

 

[digmichigan]

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12 pounder - congrats. How was the response to the joke from yesterday?

 

[Ronin9868]

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12 pounder - congrats. How was the response to the joke from yesterday?

Whippietdog took it all in good stride. I am waiting now for him to return the favor. Here is a photo of the 1/2 shell from the otherday cleaned next to todays find.

 

[civilman1]

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Can you still hear Ronin Awesome find my friend....Keep em' comin'!!!!

 

[Dman]

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Nice cannonball.

 

[Sticks907]

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Ronin9868,

Very nice find !!! I was wondering how big around is it?

Thanks for sharing.

Ed.

 

[olegoat]

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nice find, now tell me you know what you are doing, banging on it with a hammer, is the fuse still in it or is it a solid shot? i have one with the fuse intact
it is going to the woods soon, gonna do a remote drill on it, so if you hear a bang, thats me-lol everything i have read on these shots says they can explode even while being drilled.... take care
we are in the process of hunting a civil war raid, so far couple bullets, one fired and a small buckle found by my partner, and with a cheap china detector, i may take it away from her and give her the tesoro

 

[Ronin9868]

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nice find, now tell me you know what you are doing, banging on it with a hammer, is the fuse still in it or is it a solid shot? i have one with the fuse intact
it is going to the woods soon, gonna do a remote drill on it, so if you hear a bang, that's me-lol everything i have read on these shots says they can explode even while being drilled.... take care
we are in the process of hunting a civil war raid, so far couple bullets, one fired and a small buckle found by my partner, and with a cheap china detector, i may take it away from her and give her the tesoro

Hi,
Please don't try to disarm it on your own. The one I had today is a solid shot and tapping it with a hammer would cause no harm. I have had 7 loaded shells that were potentially dangerous and had a friend that has the proper equipment disarm them. You can really get hurt if you do it and something goes wrong. I man in GA lost his hand and eye trying to drill one. To boot his col letion was confiscated and also charges were brought up. I pay 35 a piece to have them disarmed and it is money WELL spent. If you need any contact info PM me and I will send you the mans info. Hope this helps and best of luck.

HH Ronin9868

 

[Ronin9868]

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I dont know how big your turkey is you are going after....but I think your shot is a little heavy!
Nice find

But gypsyheart its one hell of a big turkey!!

 

[Ronin9868]

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Ronin9868,

Very nice find !!! I was wondering how big around is it?

Thanks for sharing.

Ed.


Hi Ed, I just measured it arond the middle and it is about 14 1/2 inches aroud.

Ronin

 

[TN-Joe]

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WoW what a find.
Bet that thing set your machine a singing.
Joe

 

[ModernMiner]

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What a fantastic find!!! Congrats to you.
Are you sure Whippietdog didn't plant it there for YOU to find? Payback at it's best!
-MM-

 

[Nashoba]

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COOL FIND!
I couldn't help but notice that the second to the last pic made it look like a globe , looking at the asian coastline!

Call me strange
~Nash~

 

[Ronin9868]

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COOL FIND!
I couldn't help but notice that the second to the last pic made it look like a globe , looking at the asian coastline!

Call me strange
~Nash~

HI Nash I see what you mean. after tomorrow it will look like the globe with a great flood.

 

[Ronin9868]

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What a fantastic find!!! Congrats to you.
Are you sure Whippietdog didn't plant it there for YOU to find? Payback at it's best!
-MM-

Wow, Ill still keep it!! That would really be a good payback though!