Finally found a cannonball

[Tigerdude]

A few days back I posted on “ what is it “ what turned out to be a “gudgeon” which was part of the rudder system of a burned confederate gunboat. This afternoon I found a solid shot cannonball which might have gone to the deck gun. Dunno , but I have a lot of digging left.
Just tapped off rust with a ball peen hammer. I don’t think anything else need except a finish. Any recommendations?

 

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[TomW244]

That is awesome! Great work and please keep posting these finds!

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Cool!!!! Congrats!!!

 

[creskol]

Interesting! It appears to be out of round? What is the nodule at the palm of your hand?

 

[Locke]

What machine were you using and what did it hit at if you remember? Really cool find!

 

[Tigerdude]

The nodule is just a rust blister. I will put it through electrolysis. I have a deus that I use but I was using a AT pro just because I was looking exclusively for big iron. What I was doing was trying too get a solid hit , and then probe to find a solid target. Saves some digging.

 

[xcopperstax]

Very nice congrats on this! I'd love to find a cannon ball!

 

[RVRoamer73]

Nice find. Sure looks like a cannon ball to me. Congrats and GL out there.

 

[arrow86]

Nice find looking forward to pics after cleaned up

 

[HessianHunter]

Really cool find!! Nice work!

 

[Hawks88]

Awesome save. Congrats

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Awesome piece of history!

 

[GeoW]

Looks like a 6 pounder.. Nice!

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[A2coins]

Awesome find I hope some day Ill here the Boom as one of those ends up in my bucket lol You got a sweet hunting spot. Well done Tommy

 

[RelicHunterPro]

Heck of a cannon ball Gz!

 

[Tigerdude]

Update: buffed it up with some renaissance wax.

 

[diggerranger]

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[montcalm]

Nice one finding them is a good thrill.

 

[smallfoot]

Sounds like a killer spot. Nice work on the cannon ball...If I may ask, how did you attach to the ball with your electrolysis set up? Did you make some kind of clamp or maybe metal screen? I've seen people drill a hole and use a metal screw to make contact... not fond of that tho. Just wondering...

 

[Tigerdude]

I didn’t use electrolysis. I was. I was going to drill a small hole and insert a self taping screw but I just tapped it with a hammer and the rust cocoon just fell away and it came out pretty solid. Brushed it with a wire brush and buffed it with some wax.