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Cleaned Up 1 of my finds from the weekend

bdahunter

New member
Found this nice cannonball over the weekend, totally encrusted in oxidization and beachsand. I thought it was a piece of coral at first. The folks on the relics forum were great in walking me through how to clean and preserve this find.
These are the things that keep you coming back to the beach. Especially after a string of bad hunts, got a single penny last night for 1 hour in the water. The sand is really migrating inshore now, you can see it advancing in a line about 2 inches high. Marine forecast is for high seas today so maybe things will improve tomorrow.

HH for all
 
Thanks for the encouragement as always, I am mighty happy with this find. Apparently I have to keep it submerged in fresh water and molasses for 3 months or it may fall apart.
Now that I have a pic up on the forum I am hoping for input on how old a relic this might be.
The point of land I found it off was settled in the late 1600's but the island has been inhabited for almost 500 years. The point was an excellent location to smuggle contraband onto the island in the early days of Bermuda and Bermudian privateers were the most feared raiders by the Spanish treasure ships. The original name for Bermuda was Devil's Island so you can imagine there were some pretty interesting goings on in the past. Pirate cannonball ?? who knows? but a definite possibility (the locals would call it a privateer cannonball out of deference to their ancestors; many of the old families here made their fortune through relieving the spaniards and french of excess gold cargo).

BDA:detecting::canadaflag::devil:
 
I've seen small ball split in the shape of a flower when dried.
 
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