Large lead ball

ramer · May 17, 2021

Found a huge lead ball on Saturday. It's one
inch in diameter. I have a musket ball fired from a French musket in 1677 and a dime for comparison purposes.
Also found a 1916 Merc on Sunday.

Wom 27 · May 17, 2021

I found two. One round and one kinda squished.. we were thinking mill balls. Anyone ever come across mill balls ? ( if there is such a thing).

EmuDetector · May 17, 2021

Mill balls are a thing, but I've not seen them in lead. That would be super soft to grind anything down. It could be a kind of grape shot for cannon use, or even just a weight to something.

grf1868 · May 17, 2021

I found all these in about a ten foot circle near a site that used to be a gun powder mill. I was thinking the same thing maybe some kind of mill ball. These ones are brass. Which would make sense in a powder mill you really don’t want sparks. Dime for size comparison.

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ramer · May 17, 2021

Maybe it is a grinding ball. I scrapped the surface a bit. It is definitely lead.

Wom 27 · May 17, 2021

EmuDetector said:
Mill balls are a thing, but I've not seen them in lead. That would be super soft to grind anything down. It could be a kind of grape shot for cannon use, or even just a weight to something.

That’s right. I remember now and they weren’t lead. I’m gonna see if I can post a pic. I’d love to know for sure what they are

Wom 27 · May 17, 2021

grf1868 said:
I found all these in about a ten foot circle near a site that used to be a gun powder mill. I was thinking the same thing maybe some kind of mill ball. These ones are brass. Which would make sense in a powder mill you really don’t want sparks. Dime for size comparison.

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Ok so here are my pics if anyone recognizes them.

ScubaDetective · May 17, 2021

Is your merc a plain, S or D. The D mint mark is the holy grail of merc dimes

Metal detecto · May 17, 2021

ScubaDetective said:
Is your merc a plain, S or D. The D mint mark is the holy grail of merc dimes

Yes, Imagine, we were talking about a lead ball when the 1916 D merc was just ready to steal the show... :lol:

Josh

ramer · May 19, 2021

No, sigh,

Large lead ball

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