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Cannonball, or something else ?
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This one was given to me by a friend. It was dug up in his garden in Aalborg/Denmark. It was found approx 70 cm in the ground.
Size is 11,5 cm/ 2254 grams. any thoughts on what it might be ? Thanks HB |
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Unfortunately it seems like my ball is not a cannonball :( The two cirkles is excactly opposite each other and there is no filler hole sprue. Besides that mine is hollow. I have posted this on a danish site too, and noone can confirm this as a cannonball. Best HB |
Hi HB,
No wind mills in the area where your ball was found ? ... or prisons ? ;) Look here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ht=cannon+ball |
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Now you've had the serious replies...
It's a dead ringer for Mimas, one of the moons of Saturn. |
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Took another look at it yesterday. It seems like the dot in the circle has got a thread. So maybe it has been hanging from a hook/eye or something that has been screwed in the ball. It is most probably a counterweight of some kind. We didn't use those kind of windmills in Denmark, but it could have been used as a counterweight in another kind of industry maschine. Best HB |
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as we just finished the olympics and are about to start the paralympics, the following comes to mind ;)
2.5 kg throwing hammer/weight minus it's broken off handle? (some of these are hollow / lead shot filled.) Sarah Holt Throws the 2.5kg hammer |
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now you have me worried. i have the feeling it will shortly clear the planet... |
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Incredible, how much alike they are ! |
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On a similar theme , I have had this odd item in my possession for 20 years .. it was dug up on a local farm and described to me as a cannonball by the finder. Whilst I doubt it's a projectile , I was hoping someone might recognise what it is . It has a diameter of 80 mm and weighs an astonishing 2.4 kg . It appears to be made of bronze but is hollow and filled with lead .
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A wall or a tower clock pendulum ? the suspension ring gone ? :o
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