Possible cannon ball piece ?

[DIGGING1971GUY]

What else could it be ? it is pretty heavy for its size pulled some other CW relics from the spot

Thanks for looking !!

 

[DIGGING1971GUY]

Added picture to show round shape

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Absolutely not a piece of a cannon ball. (See next paragraph.) It is some leftover lead (or more probably, solder) from the bottom of a Plumber's lead-or-solder-melting crucible. I used to do that kind of work, so I'm 100%-certain that's what it is.

There were no lead (nor lead-covered) EXPLOSIVE cannonballs ...because an explosive blast "stretches" lead instead of fracturing it into multiple fragments like what happens to iron when it gets exploded. Thus, there are no lead (nor lead-covered) explosive cannonballs in any of the various books about Historical artillery projectiles.

 

[DIGGING1971GUY]

Absolutely not a piece of a cannon ball. (See next paragraph.) It is some leftover lead (or more probably, solder) from the bottom of a Plumber's leador-solder-melting crucible. I used to do that kind of work, so I'm 100%-certain that's what it is.

There were no lead (nor lead-covered) EXPLOSIVE cannonballs ...because an explosive blast "stretches" lead instead of fracturing it into multiple fragments like what happens to iron when it gets exploded. Thus, there are no lead (nor lead-covered) explosive cannonballs in any of the various books about Historical artillery projectiles.

Bummer ,lol thanks for the info