Is this a Cannonball??

[KCFindIt]

Hey guys, I found this object. What could it be? It weighs 10 lbs., and the dimensions are shown with a ruler. Shoot me your thoughts.

[del]

what kind of area did you find it in Kasey??

[KCFindIt]

what kind of area did you find it in Kasey?? It was in a field that has been farmed for many years. The current landowner tells me that there were sharecropper houses in the vicinity of where I found it. According to a map in "HistoricAerials.com", there was a home in the exact location, in 1962, but not in 1971. I live in a town that has been noted for "the only town that Sherman didn't burn" on his march to the sea.

[del]

I was wondering if its a broken piece of fireplace andriron , they came in many shapes and styles both iron and brass. heres a couple of examples.

[KCFindIt]

I was wondering if its a broken piece of fireplace andriron , they came in many shapes and styles both iron and brass. heres a couple of examples.
that could sure be a possibility. I was also thinking something from a large church bell, the ding/dong maker? (I don't know what that thing is called, sorry).

[coinnut]

I'm not thinking cannon ball because of the shape. There would be no advantage and a lot of disadvantages of trying to shoot that out of a cannon. :shocked04: Dan may be correct. It could also be 1/2 half of a dumbbell, a door weight or a horse tie down tether. There are probably a vast number of farm machines that may have used a counter balance on them. Unless someone really recognizes that piece, then we only have guesses to start with. But I commend you for hauling that out of the field :clapping:

I think the bell piece is called a clapper.

[giant056]

Neat find :thumbsup01:

[del]

I think the bell piece is called a clapper.

"clapper" ...thats the thing that turns off your lights when you clap your hands silly :clapping:

[KCFindIt]

loving all the guesses. I never rreally thought it to be a cannonball, except when I was digging it, because the bigger round side was the upside. Now I call it a cannonball, but realize that is most likely incorrect. I don't know what cuckoo clock weights look like, maybe I'll investigate them too.

[coinnut]

"clapper" ...thats the thing that turns off your lights when you clap your hands silly :clapping:

Well then, this must turn off the lights somehow. :lol:


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[del]

Well then, this must turn off the lights somehow. :lol:


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that looks mean .....yeah you hit someone with that hard enough , it will definitely turn out their lights

[KCFindIt]

based on your above pictures, my lil thingy sure resembles the "clapper" part of that contraption. mine is more rounded at the widest circumference and less of an angle from the 'body' of the clapper down to the neck. hmm. may just be a clapper. (It will always be my 'cannonball')!

[Timewarpdigger]

Interesting find and very unusual. Congrats

[coinnut]

based on your above pictures, my lil thingy sure resembles the "clapper" part of that contraption. mine is more rounded at the widest circumference and less of an angle from the 'body' of the clapper down to the neck. hmm. may just be a clapper. (It will always be my 'cannonball')!

It could well be. It would have to be broken where it attached to the inside of the bell. It would come from a pretty big bell.

[KCFindIt]

It could well be. It would have to be broken where it attached to the inside of the bell. It would come from a pretty big bell.
Funny story about my "cannonball" find. I showed it to a neighbor and told him I found a cannonball. He took it and immediately started talking. He said "this isn't a cannonball. you should take this to the mayor of our city. you see, years ago, someone broke into the church and stole the clapper from the bell. rumor has it that they hid it out on some farm in a field, but no one knew where, and then they passed away. it looks like you found the stolen clapper." he was so straight-faced and serious, I sat there jaw-dropped, thinking I was going to be arrested for possessing a stolen clapper!

[KCFindIt]

It could well be. It would have to be broken where it attached to the inside of the bell. It would come from a pretty big bell.
I'm going to search hard around the location of where I found this, and see if I can come up with the long shaft that would attach to my found piece. Come to think of it, I may have found a shaft as shown above in a different location, and not as big. I'll search thru my collection.

[coinnut]

If you can locate that shaft, then that would be amazing. I hope he's not pulling your leg :lol:

[Tom]

clapper, all this talk about a clapper reminds me of a little song that go's "I'd rather have the measles then the Clap, Clap, Clap.":clapping:

[tanacat]

Neat find! Was it very deep, get some exercise? :lol: I've dug up pots and oddities that thought might be cannon, helmet or safe box and it sure can be challenging! If there's roots and rocks involved... I bet being in a field made it easier!

Good luck finding more pieces to the puzzle out there :thumbsup02:
Speaking of, I'm headed out to my fave field right now for first time in a couple months :happy:

[KCFindIt]

Neat find! Was it very deep, get some exercise? :lol: I've dug up pots and oddities that thought might be cannon, helmet or safe box and it sure can be challenging! If there's roots and rocks involved... I bet being in a field made it easier!

Good luck finding more pieces to the puzzle out there :thumbsup02:


Speaking of, I'm headed out to my fave field right now for first time in a couple months :happy:
Tanacat, it wasn't very deep. The field is a hay field that I cut and bale hay on, so I wasn't going to dig big holes, so I only dug targets that were within a few inches of the ground surface. The old maps show a house site there, so scanning over the ground, the detector goes wild. I really can only choose so many targets, and I choose shallow ones. Luckily, this "ball object" was more on the side of the field, so no hay growth was damaged. But I may dig a little deeper in search of the shaft.
And so you are doing the happy dance for sure. Hope you find the motherlode!!

[coinnut]

Are you able to discriminate and cherry pick the coin targets?

[KCFindIt]

Are you able to discriminate and cherry pick the coin targets? If I understand you (being as new as I am), I think so. That is, if I turn off (notch out) the Iron. There is so much iron out there, it can sometimes 'cover up' the higher tones. I'll have to use the cannonball and try to set up my machine to seek out the shaft (assuming they are of the same metal makeup).

[coinnut]

Yes, you got it. Even if you notch out iron, big pieces usually break through and give you a high tone. This may actually be a plus in finding the large iron targets that you may want to keep. Also notching out iron will create a nulling effect which means you will probably miss non iron items that are very close to iron items. When you discriminate out targets the machine still reacts to the item, you just don't hear them. Is your machine able to give a low tone for iron?

[freemindstuck]

Tanacat, it wasn't very deep. The field is a hay field that I cut and bale hay on, so I wasn't going to dig big holes, so I only dug targets that were within a few inches of the ground surface. The old maps show a house site there, so scanning over the ground, the detector goes wild. I really can only choose so many targets, and I choose shallow ones. Luckily, this "ball object" was more on the side of the field, so no hay growth was damaged. But I may dig a little deeper in search of the shaft.
And so you are doing the happy dance for sure. Hope you find the motherlode!!

If you dig deep clean 3 sided plugs you won't damage the hay in your field as long as there isn't a drought going on at the time. It can take a little practice. I use a dirt rag to keep my holes clean. During a drought you can still dig without killing the grass as long as you water the plugs afterwards. I actually find that the shallow targets seem to damage the grass more because you have to mess with the root structure to find the target. And remember that the deeper the target the older that it likely is.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting

[KCFindIt]

If you dig deep clean 3 sided plugs you won't damage the hay in your field as long as there isn't a drought going on at the time. It can take a little practice. I use a dirt rag to keep my holes clean. During a drought you can still dig without killing the grass as long as you water the plugs afterwards. I actually find that the shallow targets seem to damage the grass more because you have to mess with the root structure to find the target. And remember that the deeper the target the older that it likely is.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting
Thank you for the continued lessons. You guys are the greatest, most helpful group. I will practice your method and see what pops up. Thanks again.