fishersari Posted December 28, 2023 Author Share Posted December 28, 2023 16 hours ago, Yatahaze323 said: Canonball lol, I was thinking something more common/mundane like those iron rings found with horse tack. Iron ring is a good guess too.. it gives out the same characteristic/tonal like cannonball 49 minutes ago, TampaBayBrad said: Those are some flat looking miniature cannon balls Fishersari! Nice find.... Found 5 nos of cannonball/shot puts 😁. Left it under a tree.. too heavy to brought back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TampaBayBrad Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 2 minutes ago, fishersari said: Found 5 nos of cannonballl/shot puts 😁. Left it under a tree.. too heavy too brought back How old do you think those are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishersari Posted December 28, 2023 Author Share Posted December 28, 2023 4 minutes ago, TampaBayBrad said: How old do you think those are? Hard to say.. but the coins found around the cannonball was from early 1800 to late 1800 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TampaBayBrad Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 1 minute ago, fishersari said: Hard to say.. but the coims found around was from early 1800 to late 1800 Those are some nice relics from the past then. If I was a collector, I'd go back and get them from under that tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishersari Posted December 28, 2023 Author Share Posted December 28, 2023 8 hours ago, TampaBayBrad said: Those are some nice relics from the past then. If I was a collector, I'd go back and get them from under that tree. Cannonball is brittle? it will broken up to small pieces/flaky/rusting away in a few years.. Usually collectors here will put it in cooking oil.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 20 minutes ago, fishersari said: Usually collectors here will put it in cooking oil.. So they are my Mother's scotch eggs after-all......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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