Friend gave me a Cannonball? (ADDED MOR PICS)

[JUNKYARD DOG]

My bud next door went to a auction today and bought a bunch of stuff, well in this one pile was this cannonball so the auctioneer claimed. My friend knows how much I like this kinda stuff so he gave it to me. There is a couple of flat spots on the ends and I guess this mold or rib mark all the way around it, since I have never held one and looked closely at one I dont know. It weighs a little over 14 lbs. Anyone know what I have here, is it the real deal and how old it may be? Thanks for looking. JYD

 

[JUNKYARD DOG]

Re: Friend gave me a Cannonball?

I want to thank everyone for all the replies , my bud is feeling kinda bad cause he really thought it was a cannon ball he was giving me, hey its the thought that counts anyway. We go back 28 years ago stationed in Panama together while in the army being all we could be. well anyway we can all agree we dont know what it is, I looked up alot of sites on shot puts and they all look very round and very smooth, so I just dont know. I looked on Ebay at the cannon balls and there was one that it looked as though it had a mold mark of sorts but not as wide as what this one shows I am going to put some more pictures on. The flat spots are hard to explain also unless they are used for stacking,there is 4 of them and that band only shows on about 60% of the ?. who knows. Well thanks again. HH JYD.

 

[GL]

Russian style kettle weight with the handle cut off?
That would explain the flat spots and the weight designation maybe.

 

[JUNKYARD DOG]

This ball does not have a weight designation, I weighed it and it is a little over 14 lbs like 14 and a 1/4. I will have to look up kettle weight I never heard of one, anyway thanks for the lead. JYD

Russian style kettle weight with the handle cut off?
That would explain the flat spots and the weight designation maybe.

 

[GL]

Kettlebells

 

[woody50]

The weight does not seem to be right, but you can look at this post in Todays Finds for some more information...
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,201195.0.html

 

[EDDE]

milling balls maybe

 

[N.J.THer]

After reading the post I'm leaning towards the Kettlebell theory. It looks like the flat spots would be in the right area. By the way I have no clue what a Kettlebell is or what it is used for but I will look it up.

NJ

The kettlebell or girya (Russian: гиря) is a traditional Russian cast iron weight looking somewhat like a cannonball with a handle. The kettlebell has become a popular exercise tool in the United States due largely to the efforts of strength and flexibility coach Pavel Tsatsouline and also by World Champion and world record holder Valery Fedorenko. Many companies produce their own brands of kettlebells and kettlebell exercise programs. Some modern kettlebells feature adjustable weights. Kettlebell workouts are intended to increase strength, endurance, agility and balance, challenging both the muscular and cardiovascular system with dynamic, total-body movements

 

[GL]

http://www.ambroseantiques.com/cannons/big.htm

 

[wildrider]

I want to thank everyone for all the replies , my bud is feeling kinda bad cause he really thought it was a cannon ball he was giving me, hey its the thought that counts anyway. We go back 28 years ago stationed in Panama together while in the army being all we could be. well anyway we can all agree we dont know what it is, I looked up alot of sites on shot puts and they all look very round and very smooth, so I just dont know. I looked on Ebay at the cannon balls and there was one that it looked as though it had a mold mark of sorts but not as wide as what this one shows I am going to put some more pictures on. The flat spots are hard to explain also unless they are used for stacking,there is 4 of them and that band only shows on about 60% of the ?. who knows. Well thanks again. HH JYD.

Most of the cannonballs listed on ebay, I would be leary of. If it is from Perryville, KY I would be VERY LEERY as they didn't use that many solid shot and those sized balls are wrong for here.
I sent him an email once and told him he was a liar and gave him facts of the battle. He just thanked me for the additional info and said he'd change his advertising to reflect another battle somewhere. But he didn't change for long. Too bad ebay buyers are so gullible.