May be OT but black powder is required.

While in Florida, I could not find a place that would let me use my metal detector. Thus I poked around in a local flea market (Webster) and saw what I thought was a cannon ball.

Vendor wanted $5.00 so I would not be out much.

The ball is solid metal with a flat sprue mark,mold mark, and a small hole intersecting the mold line. Not a fuse hole.

It weighs 6 pounds and 8 ozs. Circumference is 11 inches (28cms) measured by a cloth tape. I miked it and it showed 8.93 inches.

I went to several cannon projectile web sites but they mainly list Civil War and my ball does not match up in either size or weight. Images to follow if it quits raining!! Thanks..
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