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RE: Anybody know about cannonballs? - 7/31/2010 8:04:24 AM    blade   Posts: 653 Joined: 12/17/2005 Status: offline I'm thinking it's a bowling ball from the 18th century. (in reply to amblypygi) Post #: 21

RE: Anybody know about cannonballs? - 7/31/2010 8:40:41 AM    riverdiver   Posts: 621 Joined: 6/27/2009 From: The Lake Sunapee region of NH Status: offline I am gonna go with possible bar shot, that was my first thought. _____________________________ Will dive anywhere, anytime for awesome old glass (except in ICE WATER)...Matt aka Lucky! (in reply to blade) Post #: 22

RE: Anybody know about cannonballs? - 7/31/2010 10:27:57 AM    CALDIGR2 Posts: 2159 Joined: 6/20/2005 Status: offline I once dug a 12 lb shot from a backyard near here. I took it to the local, very historical, Sutter's Fort and it fit their small gun perfectly. The ball was found 7 blocks from the fort, a perfect distance for the cannon shot. The fort was in total ruins by 1870, with most of the usable material carried away by 49ers during the Gold Rush. Eventually, the fort was reconstructed beginning in the late 1890s and is a landmark in CA history. The story of Sutter and New Helvetia is a fascinating one. _____________________________ Dig no privy before it's time. (in reply to riverdiver) Post #: 23

RE: Anybody know about cannonballs? - 7/31/2010 11:36:45 AM    Poison_Us   Posts: 2795 Joined: 5/27/2009 From: Savannah, Ga. Status: offline again, why the square hole?  a round one would have been just as easy to use in this and most situations.  A square hole is harder to make, typically.  Then again..thinking back, even nails were square or rectangular in shape.  Perhaps for the same reason, the peg used to form this in casting may have been square.  If I keep thinking about it, I will lose even more hair... _____________________________ Poison Us Member: APBCA ( www.poisonbottleclub.org ) Visit Us @: www.poisonousaddiction.com Looking for digging partners in/near Savannah. Be a friend. Give the "GIFT" of Poison. (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 24

RE: Anybody know about cannonballs? - 8/2/2010 5:07:26 PM    amblypygi Posts: 622 Joined: 4/6/2004 From: Western Massachusetts Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: RedGinger Where did you dig it? Interesting piece. Not dug, just found. It was in the Connecticut River near Northampton, MA. It's a very old area that has been settled since the 1650s. This thing was in an area that had probably recently been exposed because it was downstream of a big tree snag that had caused a current eddy and cleared off all of the sand. It was just a big misshapen lump of rust but it was heavy and close enough to round that I got curious and drug it up. Sean < Message edited by amblypygi -- 8/2/2010 5:08:23 PM > (in reply to RedGinger) Post #: 25

RE: Anybody know about cannonballs? - 8/4/2010 10:11:16 AM    towhead Posts: 2615 Joined: 12/31/2004 From: MINNESOTA Status: offline I like the Prisoner-ball and chain idea....My first thought was a weight for a weight lifting bar. -Julie (in reply to amblypygi) Post #: 26

RE: Anybody know about cannonballs? - 8/4/2010 10:19:59 AM    towhead Posts: 2615 Joined: 12/31/2004 From: MINNESOTA Status: offline ....dumbbells-that's the word I was looking for!  -Julie (in reply to towhead) Post #: 27

RE: Anybody know about cannonballs? - 8/14/2010 1:50:02 PM    delphinis   Posts: 128 Joined: 4/8/2007 From: Massachusetts Status: offline There was a type of ammunition on naval ships called chain shot which consisited of two cannon balls or two halves of a cannon ball with either a bar or chain connecting them. They were used primarily for damaging the sails and rigging of an enemy ship whereas solid cannon balls were used to damage the hull of an enemy ship. I wonder if these cannon balls were chain shot (minus the bar)? Anthony (in reply to amblypygi) Post #: 28

RE: Anybody know about cannonballs? - 8/14/2010 2:06:19 PM    CWBookAuthor   Posts: 246 Joined: 7/5/2007 Status: offline I still say that there were used in the South as gate posts at entrances to the property. I've seen a lot of these here in the South. Has no one seen them? I can't believe that! The shape of the hole doesn't really matter. Mike _____________________________ Mike Russell, Author of The Collector's Guide to Civil War Bottles (in reply to delphinis) Post #: 29

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