Spring has sprung. Get out and shoot your Henry
Civil war cannon ball
Civil war cannon ball
Found this out back this morning. Thought it was a rock but after looking more it appeared perfectly round. Brushed it off and sure enough a magnet sticks. It's just a hair over 4.5" . I did some research and the 12 pound field howitzer had a 4.62" bore. My powder scale doesn't go to 12 pounds but It's heavy. It's origin is a mystery known only to the Confederate cemetery down the holler., I wouldn't have wanted it pointed at me.
- Attachments
-
- IMG_20220812_153527.jpg (116.63 KiB) Viewed 345 times
8 x
30-30, Helping bad fisherman eat since 1895
- clovishound
- Drover
- Posts: 2070
- Joined: Wed Apr 13, 2016 4:18 pm
- Location: Summerville SC
Re: Civil war cannon ball
Does it have a fuse, or fuse hole? A lot of the cannon balls were shells and filled with gunpowder. They would have a variety of fuses, some of which are still very dangerous. The mercury fulminate would be the main one to watch out for, they normally were brass fuses.
Had a fellow I knew at work that had lost a leg. As a boy, he and his friend were playing on one of the local beaches, and found a parrot shell. Parrot shells are notoriously dangerous. They started messing with it and it went off, resulting in his losing his leg.
I found a 12 pounder in one of the local rivers back when I was do a lot of diving. Yours is in much better shape. Sitting in brackish water for well over a century takes it's toll.
What part of South Carolina are you in?
Had a fellow I knew at work that had lost a leg. As a boy, he and his friend were playing on one of the local beaches, and found a parrot shell. Parrot shells are notoriously dangerous. They started messing with it and it went off, resulting in his losing his leg.
I found a 12 pounder in one of the local rivers back when I was do a lot of diving. Yours is in much better shape. Sitting in brackish water for well over a century takes it's toll.
What part of South Carolina are you in?
0 x
There is, I think, humor here which does not translate well from English to sanity. - Sanya
Re: Civil war cannon ball
In Calhoun County about 20 miles south of Columbia.
0 x
30-30, Helping bad fisherman eat since 1895
- clovishound
- Drover
- Posts: 2070
- Joined: Wed Apr 13, 2016 4:18 pm
- Location: Summerville SC
Re: Civil war cannon ball
Just up the road.
0 x
There is, I think, humor here which does not translate well from English to sanity. - Sanya
Re: Civil war cannon ball
Just got here, there's a rifle range not far I gotta check out
0 x
30-30, Helping bad fisherman eat since 1895
- Vaquero
- Ranch Boss
- Posts: 10255
- Joined: Mon Mar 21, 2016 12:56 am
- Location: Somewhere between Memphis & Nashville
Re: Civil war cannon ball
Nice find oldbrass, I have a couple myself.
RP
RP
0 x
Monte Walsh "You have No idea how little I care".
Ain't No Apologies for My Temperament
Si vis pacem, para bellum
H001, H006, H012
Ain't No Apologies for My Temperament
Si vis pacem, para bellum
H001, H006, H012
- BrokenolMarine
- Ranch Foreman
- Posts: 5770
- Joined: Sat Nov 26, 2016 8:28 am
- Location: South Central Oklahoma in the mountains
Re: Civil war cannon ball
Nice... Great find.
0 x
You can tell a lot about the character of a man...
by the way he treats those who can do nothing for him.
by the way he treats those who can do nothing for him.
- markiver54
- Deputy Marshal
- Posts: 10281
- Joined: Sun Nov 04, 2018 11:49 am
- Location: Biue Ridge Mountains, NC
Re: Civil war cannon ball
How does it compare to a shot put ball?...just a thought.
0 x
I'm your Huckleberry
Re: Civil war cannon ball
High school boy’s shot puts are 12 pounds
0 x
H012C, 2 H004V, H001TMER, H004SV, H001TV, H001TLB, H003T, H005MG, H001V, H001TLP, Rossi Ranch Hand, Uberti 1860, Ubérti 1866 Goldenboy
"when you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk" Tuco
"when you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk" Tuco