I gotta lot of balls

[CASPER-2]

hit salt waters off a Rev War fort for a little while today - a few different calibers
I think finding them is cool - relics to me

 

[bill from lachine]

Casper,

Nice selection of musket balls....I see some of them still have the sprews attached from the mold.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[CASPER-2]

Casper,

Nice selection of musket balls....I see some of them still have the sprews attached from the mold.

Regards + HH

Bill

I think that is little pieces of sea grass you see

 

[bill from lachine]

Casper,

Check out the top row 3rd musket ball from the right and see the little knob sticking out....there maybe be a couple more at the top left cluster also.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[meMiner]

Very cool and everyone probably has a story. Nice.

 

[Nitric]

Casper,

Check out the top row 3rd musket ball from the right and see the little knob sticking out....there maybe be a couple more at the top left cluster also.

Regards + HH



Bill

It is grass....I see exactly what your saying. I saw that at first look too, and thought the same thing..... Blow the picture up, you can see the piece of grass it's sitting on.


Cool find!

 

[bill from lachine]

Nitric,

Yeah when I blew up the picture I could definitely see the greenish color beneath....these old eyes ain't as good as the used to be...lol.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[Nitric]

Nitric,

Yeah when I blew up the picture I could definitely see the greenish color beneath....these old eyes ain't as good as the used to be...lol.

Regards + HH

Bill

I thought the same thing. It really does look like the nub(?), when you pull them out of the mold.

 

[OBN]

Some real cool digs! Anything else come up of interest?

 

[MiamiFox]

You have a nice set of balls there Casper. Sorry about that I just couldn't resist. Great finds, were they very deep? I'm not sure what the sand is like in your area.

 

[CASPER-2]

Casper,

Check out the top row 3rd musket ball from the right and see the little knob sticking out....there maybe be a couple more at the top left cluster also.

Regards + HH

Bill

Yup - sea grass pieces -

 

[CASPER-2]

I thought the same thing. It really does look like the nub(?), when you pull them out of the mold.

made a close up

 

[CASPER-2]

You have a nice set of balls there Casper. Sorry about that I just couldn't resist. Great finds, were they very deep? I'm not sure what the sand is like in your area.

they were at all different depths - some of the smaller ones - will fall thru normal scoop hole - so some I think may have been scooped by others and they could not retrieve without a mask
I could just drop down and and fan once and pluck - others were as deep as a foot +