Recent find

[markg]

What is it?
1 1/4" diameter
Looks like come kind of iron ball with pits.

 

[Canewrap]

Looks like grapeshot. Is there any possibility of military action in the area you were hunting?

 

[JB(MS)]

I think Canewrap is right. It's basically the same size as, and looks exactly like, a few cannister shot we dug in Tupelo, MS where part of the Battle of Harrisburg occurred.

 

[Pap]

a cannister shot. I have three the same size. Nice find!
Pap

 

[markg]

After finding a few dropped muskett balls and a 32 caliber ball I've been wondering about any battles. But the people I talk to say they have no record of any activity in the area.

 

[markg]

[quote JB(MS)]I think Canewrap is right. It's basically the same size as, and looks exactly like, a few cannister shot we dug in Tupelo, MS where part of the Battle of Harrisburg occurred.[/quote]

I guess I need to study some on the civil war. The kind of weapons they might have used and for what. But what is a cannister shot?
Any links to learn about civil war devices.

 

[markg]

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[birdman]

Mark that is a good find. I found about 20 of them on a 1793 battle field overseas .They were also different sizes.They worked like giant buckshot,as they were fired out of a cannon ,in a canister the canister would break apart and the balls would spread out and kill and destroy. Made to be anti personal type weapon. Nasty stuff. You should have a good spot there .Congrats.

 

[JB(MS)]

Canister shot dates to well before the Civil War so yours could be earlier. In any case, it certainly looks like the real McCoy. Photo is canister shot found at the site I mentioned in the earlier post, you can see they look almost exactly like yours.
[attachment 67069 canistershot.jpg]

 

[Michigan Badger]

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