Patriot Relics
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Hey guys,
Now that I have a positive ID I'm moving this out of the "What is it" thread and over here. Moral of this story is when you dig an awkward lump of iron that is abnormally heavy...bring it home! After removing a few layers of corrosion it was clear I had a solid shot cannonball- props to DigIron2 for the ID. It weighs 2.5 lbs and has a diameter of slightly over 3 inches- recovered from an undocumented revolutionary war fort. Here's the before and after
UPDATE
After a 4 days in the electrolysis bath, a few hours of scrubbing iron scale, and 3 hours in bubbling paraffin wax the cannonball restoration is complete. The molding ridge is now visible enabling a more accurate circumference measurement and thus more accurate diameter. The diameter measure 3.023 inches and would originally have weighed 4lbs (tannic acid has eroded about 1.5 lbs of the original weight). Cannonballguy, can you confirm this is still French 4 lb'r?
Now that I have a positive ID I'm moving this out of the "What is it" thread and over here. Moral of this story is when you dig an awkward lump of iron that is abnormally heavy...bring it home! After removing a few layers of corrosion it was clear I had a solid shot cannonball- props to DigIron2 for the ID. It weighs 2.5 lbs and has a diameter of slightly over 3 inches- recovered from an undocumented revolutionary war fort. Here's the before and after
UPDATE
After a 4 days in the electrolysis bath, a few hours of scrubbing iron scale, and 3 hours in bubbling paraffin wax the cannonball restoration is complete. The molding ridge is now visible enabling a more accurate circumference measurement and thus more accurate diameter. The diameter measure 3.023 inches and would originally have weighed 4lbs (tannic acid has eroded about 1.5 lbs of the original weight). Cannonballguy, can you confirm this is still French 4 lb'r?
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