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Large round ball?
- Thread starter Bill_S
- Start date
Larry (IL)
Well-known member
Shot puts can weigh 8lbs on up. 
Larry (IL)
Well-known member
Brass and copper are pretty soft and often abused by kids playing with them. Most likely to be brass. Milling balls are very hard and keep their shape and canon balls are often cast iron.
When the US was fighting Mexico in the 1840's it was noted that the Mexican army was casting cannon balls from copper. The reason being...Mexico didn't have much in the form of iron deposits but had a lot of copper as a by-product from the silver mines. I wonder if Spain and France ever made cannon balls out of copper Good luck on your ID!
Good luck on your ID!