✅ SOLVED is it a cannonball?

[Bigej34]

Found this heavy steel or cast iron ball in a pile of dirt in Westchester/Putnam County New York. it weighs between 50 and 75 lbs and has an approximate 1" hole through the center. One side of the hole is flush, the other is slightly indented (you can make out in one of the pics if you look close). Could this be a cannonball?

 

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[Bryanhashemi]

Will need the exact weight and size. But by the hole I'm going to say no. Probably a rock crusher or something like from the other posts. There's also an indention around the hole which I don't think cannonballs had

 

[Bigej34]

Don't have the weight, but it is just over 7" in diameter

 

[Bryanhashemi]

Was there any mining in that area?

 

[diggummup]

end off an old dumbell, similar to the one below-

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Bigej34 wrote:
> Is it a cannonball?

Bigej, first let me say, welcome to TreasureNet, and to the What-Is-It forum.

As my posting-name indicates, cannonballs -- and other projectiles -- have long been my specialty-area of relic study. Check the "About me" info in my Profile here at TreasureNet. I hope you will accept that info as trustworthy credentials for saying there have never been any cannonballs which have two holes located on opposite sides of the ball from each other.

Also, your ball's size-to-weight ratio tells me it is a Solid (not hollow) ball -- and there's no purpose dor such holes in Solid-Shot cannonballs.

Your ball is either from an old weightlifter's dumbell, as Diggumup mentioned, or perhaps from a construction-crane's cable.

 

[Bigej34]

Thank you all for the information. Yes, there was extensive emery mining in my area. The dumbbell pic is very interesting as well. I would consider my question answered, it's not a cannonball. Oh well.

 

[Bigej34]

Found quite a bit of cable in the area as well, leaning towards that, rather than dumbbell. Thanks again all