My first civil war cannonball!!!

[Schweddy]

I always hunt in all metal mode. I use my ears and listen to what the detector is telling me before I even look at the screen. I've dug some of my best finds that I was 99% sure would be iron trash but still had an interesting tone to it. The cannon ball had part of it showing above the ground and was a large iron overload. On the X-Terra's larger iron rings up 46-48 which is max segments for the machine but has a scratchy sound. Hope that explanation helps.

Cool. Thanks. So hunting in all metal, you scrutinize the tones. Makes sense to me. I've always wondered what good iron relics I've missed. My T2 and AtGold would excel at this. The etrac not so much unless I ran it in ttf. Thanks again.

 

[Pacivilwarluke]

That's a really nice looking cannonball! Congrats on the bucket list find!

 

[Vermonster]

Now throw that one the mantle, and it's a heck of a conversation starter! Absolutely awesome! Congrats!

 

[romyrome]

Neat ! I found a small Grapeshot cannon ball but yours takes the Prize

 

[61chip]

Sweet! That's an outstanding find! Still looking for my first artillery find of any type. Do you plan on using electrolysis to clean it up more?

 

[planerie]

Sweet! That's an outstanding find! Still looking for my first artillery find of any type. Do you plan on using electrolysis to clean it up more?

Yes once I get a battery charger and a c-clamp.

 

[planerie]

Well a few of the old timers in my club confirmed it to be a 12 lb napoleon civil war cannon ball.

 

[lytle78]

Digging deep iron builds character - and muscles - and business for orthopedic surgeons.

 

[FistFullOfCoppers]

Wow thats a awsome find.
Congratulations

 

[Seven]

Great find! I've found fragment pieces before (as big as 1/4 of the cannonball) but never a complete one. This is an exceptional find!