My Best find of 2015

[surfchunker]

Lol but here it is. 1/2 of a 6 lb Civil War Cannonball after some cleaning

 

[ChicagoJohn]

Wow! Already and you have 11 months to go! Great find!

 

[surfchunker]

thanks John guess it's just you and I that likes Civil War Cannonballs broke in half ... other side and still have a little more cleaning on it ... going back Friday to look for the other half. that would be an awesome find

 

[NebTrac]

Congratulations on a great and historic find. Any idea which size cannon actually fired that? Thanks for the picture.

NebTrac

 

[surfchunker]

6 lb cannon ... dia. matches it ... little over 3.5 inches

 

[surfchunker]

they were also called mountain cannons as they were the smallest and easier to get thru mountainous country ... a friend of mine has an original 1856 one he shoots at ceremonies

 

[surfchunker]

my friends 6 lb cannon

 

[Dale(Ia)]

thanks John guess it's just you and I that likes Civil War Cannonballs broke in half ... other side and still have a little more cleaning on it ... going back Friday to look for the other half. that would be an awesome find

Nah! Not just you two...........That's a killer find I'd love to make!
Congrat's on a GREAT find! ( Now go find the other half! )

Iowa Dale

 

[NebTrac]

Thanks a bunch for putting the pictures up there. Makes it so much more real! Just to think. Good luck finding the other 1/2!

NebTrac

 

[surfchunker]

when Pete shoots his it's just 1/2 lb blackpowder and no projectile but oh man you can feel it all the way thru your body standing back a good ways ... couldn't imagine standing next to a whole line of them going off

 

[Dale(Ia)]

Now, that would be fun!!!

Iowa Dale