Update on find

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found a round concretion last month and broke away crust to discover a round ball
wondered if could be a small canon ball - well took to Whydah pirate museum and had archeologist look at it
and she confirmed I had a large "shot" ball or small canon ball from a swivel gun
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it is little larger than lg shot balls they've found and she seemed to lean more toward from a deck gun

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Congratualtions! :occasion14:
 

Oh wow very cool! I'm always amazed at the finds that people get on the forum! :icon_thumright:
 

Well that's just flat out interesting! Well done on the follow-up! :icon_thumright:
 

how would you like to get hit with that nice find
 

Hope it turns out to be CW or earlier. Congrats on the nice find.:coffee2:
 

That’s a cool piece. I bet that made a mess when it hit something.
 

Very cool. That Whydah display is incredible! They were set up in Portland for a few months. It was beyond my expectations. Congrats on a great relic
 

That's awesome. Nice to get some informed confirmation from an expert. I had a chance to visit that museum a couple of weeks ago. Very fun, and educational.
 

I'm not an expert but I have been metal detecting the City Park for 30 years, and I feel confident in saying that sized ball was most likely used to kill lobsters.
 

Hope it turns out to be CW or earlier. Congrats on the nice find.:coffee2:
the one thing she could not do is date it - I find musketballs in the area and flatbuttons now and then which the buttons
range from 1700s into the 1800s - I found a Continental USA Washington army pewter button in the area in the water
though no fighting took place that I know of - it was probably a practice shot - same with the musket balls
I know that supposedly there was a small sloop that ran aground there in the later 1700s that they supposedly used for target practice for yrs
I find bronze nails/spikes and lead balls around one area but it is a couple miles from where iron ball came from
 

I’m can we vote banner based solely on another members avatar picture? Lol��
 

That is sweet...d2
 

Nice find, and effort into having the ID made.
 

thats a double banner im waving a banner freakin cool find
 

Congratulations on a very interesting find.
 

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