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General Category => News => Topic started by: emike123 on February 16, 2012, 08:42:26 PM

Title: Gut buster
Post by: emike123 on February 16, 2012, 08:42:26 PM

Well, the weight doesn't correspond to a 20in shot, but that is one of two spots where the 20in balls were used:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/civil_war_era_cannonball_found_on_OnWPxDjVlBeGv3Q842FeHP

If it is a 20" ball, thank goodness it didn't get blown up.  20in rounds are the largest made for the Civil War:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodman_gun

...and exceptionally rare.  I think 2 have been recovered from a farm field and the other shot ones are 3+ miles out from the NYC battery in the drink.

Title: Re: Gut buster
Post by: alwion on February 20, 2012, 09:28:21 AM

Maybe they used a bubba scale?   Bubba can lift his own weight and .............. cool find, hope they have someone who can preserve it properly