Part of a cannon ball?

[dbqIAhunter]

I was searching an 1850 home site and my best guess is I found the section of a cannon ball, it is very heavy. From the photo what do you think? Do you have any tips on positively identifying it (historical society, etc.)

 

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[ARC]

Picture of reverse side please.

 

[dbqIAhunter]

Added the reverse side, it is rough and jagged.

 

[ARC]

In my opinion ... no.

Almost looks like an antique downrigger weight.

 

[Tony in SC]

Looks like it has a ridge or seam. That would eliminate cannon ball.

 

[gunsil]

It looks like the lead/slag residue left in the bottom of a lead melting pot for making fishing sinkers or lead bullets. Every time I have run a bunch of castings I get one of these. I usually leave it in the pot and add more for the next batch but sometimes it may be a year or more and if I tip over the pot and tap it a big lead disc like shown above falls out.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

The object you found appears to be the (oxidized/weathered) puddle of leftover lead from the bottom of a plumber's lead-melting pot. That type of very thick-walled iron pot has a curved bottom (like a bowl), so the underside of the solidified lead puddle is curved, and its top side is flat, except for some small-ish bumps and/or ridges caused by impurities. These leftover plumber's-lead puddles typically contain a lot of impurities, which is why the last of the lead in the melting-pot was discarded.

After-posting edit:
I see that Gunsil and I were typing our same-identification replies at the same time.

 

[dbqIAhunter]

Always amazes me the knowledge all the members on this site have. Thanks for the reply's.

I'll have to keep digging for my first civil war artifact.