12lb fragment FUZED to a complete 12lb solid shot

[cherdman51]

https://imgur.com/a/CGaUZl5 Has anyone ever seen anything like this before? My Dad dug this absolutely wild 12lb solid that has a fragment from another 12lb ball completely fuzed to it. Carefully cleaning it, it almost looks like it could have been welded on. We're afraid to do electrolysis on it. We know it's a legit Civil War ball (we have found many others). Any thoughts on this find?

[emike123]

That's cool.  I have seen other iron relics fused together from being dumped in water in a pile.  I have a canister plate with friction primers and rocks fused to it from the Alabama River at Selma, for example.  I am sure Steve Phillips has seen a lot as have folks who worked the dump cache in the Oconee River at Milledgeville.  Congrats to your Dad.