What is it?

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myleswest

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Hello everyone,I live in Tombstone, Arizona and was in my back yard trying to fine tune my metal detector.
While scanning an area I got a strong signal and when I dug down about 5 or 6 inches I found two bricks.
The signal was still strong so I dug underneath the bricks and I found this ball.
It weighs about 5 pounds and looks like it has copper in it. [photo attached].
Does anyone have any ideas of what the object might be? And why would it be buried under two bricks?
Any opinions would be appreciated.
Myles
 

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Nice looks like you got yourself an Alien Deflabulater,don't handle it to much ,it will make you skinny rofl ,no real idea,but a cool find for sure :beerbuddy:
 
Why it looks like a copper orange lol I have no idea what something like that would be. The size is what is puzzling about it. I hope it's not from a military testing area and is part of some kind of cluster bomb or something :shocked04: I hope you don't blow up. :confused: It is a very interesting find for sure and a puzzling one as to what the bricks signify (other than to locate it by probing and hitting the bricks?)
 
Interesting... I found one of those this last summer. Mine is about half the size of the one you have pictured. I still don't know what it is. :confused: Mine has the same patina as yours. It was a nice signal though. :yes:
 
jkress said:
Interesting... I found one of those this last summer. Mine is about half the size of the one you have pictured. I still don't know what it is. :confused: Mine has the same patina as yours. It was a nice signal though. :yes:
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The second photo although very blury...shows a slight indentation at the top. And when examining the ball closely, you can notice a slight line...maybe from casting?
I wonder if what looks like copper to me is perhaps Brass.
Supposedly, Mexicans used brass in some small cannon balls.
Myles
 
i was also wondering if it was maybe brass instead of copper , they have and still do make brass shotputs for schools . about how much does this thing weigh :huh:
 
del said:
i was also wondering if it was maybe brass instead of copper , they have and still do make brass shotputs for schools . about how much does this thing weigh :huh:
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Its not smooth like a you would think a ball bearing would be and it weighs about 5 pounds.
Myleswest.
 
I think you found the top part to a brass fireplace Andiron...

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