Not the biggest bag but found some think intresting

[Cookiemonsterandmerlin.]

Had another little go at the pigeons on peas this evening boy it still cold hard frost here last night.

 

Shot off a large woods surrounded by peas birds just would not move out and sat in there finnished with 34 in three hours.

 

But will sat in the hide spotted what I thought was a very round pea stooped down and blow me it looks like a early stone musket ball.

 

The field I was on is well know for having a battle around cromwells time.

 

I have posted a picture of todays choose projectile compared with then the ball is very round it amazing the quality of the workmanship.

 

And of course a couple of picture of the dog picking up.

 

Kind regards OTH

 

 

 

 

Cromwells musket ball

 

[Paddy Galore!]

still cold here too, i know the sun is out but i wish the wind would die down..

Nice find.

i regularly find fossils in the flint when i have a mooch about.

[yickdaz]

:nice afternoons sport and i do find it interesting it does resemble a sown pea and to think somebody else has shot over that bit of land but for totally different reasons

[harv]

if you suck on it for a couple of hours there's a little aniseed ball in the middle

[mick54dog]

nice find!. i do a lot of beating in the winter months and quite often find stone/flint artifacts. i have several victorian marbles in my finds collection, made of fired clay.....could your musket ball be a marble?

 

cheers mick

[Ozzy Fudd]

nice, most memorable thing i ever found was an old stripper clip of .303 ammo :blink:

[henry d]

Strangely enough I found one last year and didn`t know what it was so thanks for that !

[Catamong]

One of the woods on my patch is full of these things, I reckon they're old gas cylinders, tried taking one apart with a hammer and cold chisel, but couldn't budge it.

 

 

Cat

[al4x]

good plan might be worth trying gas to get into them if the hammer method doesn't work

[Dave 101]

One of the woods on my patch is full of these things, I reckon they're old gas cylinders, tried taking one apart with a hammer and cold chisel, but couldn't budge it.

 

 

Cat

 

 

Not a good idea to start hammering stuff if you think its munitions ! Be careful .

 

Dave

[Zapp]

I have posted a picture of todays choose projectile compared with then the ball is very round it amazing the quality of the workmanship.

 

Are you sure it is stone and not lead with "concretion" bonded to the surface?

 

Stone cannon balls were common but not musket balls. If it is stone it is more likely to have been a childs toy (like a marble).

 

Have you got some calipers? If so, what calibre is it?

 

ZB

[al4x]

Not a good idea to start hammering stuff if you think its munitions ! Be careful .

 

Dave

 

 

Don't panic Dave if you look at the picture details it mentions somme in there a slight hint its not quite true

[cocker3]

well done oth another good day never found anything like that but the father in law found a sword on a shoot we used to go to poss from the battle of preston pans i,ll get some photos and put them on for you :o

[trxnav]

well done on the bag mate still waiting for peas to be drilled here and the frosts to stop as well can i suggest that is not the best phone holder though lol

[Cookiemonsterandmerlin.]

Are you sure it is stone and not lead with "concretion" bonded to the surface?

 

Stone cannon balls were common but not musket balls. If it is stone it is more likely to have been a childs toy (like a marble).

 

Have you got some calipers? If so, what calibre is it?

 

ZB

 

 

Zapp I on the hunt for some calipers to try and get a calibre???.

 

Its not lead with concretion its just not heavy enough its heavy but not lead heavy if that makes sense.

 

I am asking around the locals I do belive there is a history of women using light muskets with shorter barrel in the battle.

 

So I am just trying to find a bit more about it.

 

Thanks you all for the intrest in the thread OTH

Edited April 22, 2010 by Over the hill

[new to the flock]

I have a couple of those kicking around here in the drawer. Funny though as mine are of a baked clay which was quite common at one time apparently. Would be interesting to know what size your find is as mine are 32 cal.

 

NTTF

[Cookiemonsterandmerlin.]

Just found out that women called posemen s woman dressed as a soldier where snipers armed with 28 bore muskets .

 

Compared with men muskets 10 bore the 28 bore muskets where acurate to roughly 120 yards the 10 bores where only good for 40 yards.

 

 

Kind regards OTH

[Westcountryman]

Had another little go at the pigeons on peas this evening boy it still cold hard frost here last night.

 

Shot off a large woods surrounded by peas birds just would not move out and sat in there finnished with 34 in three hours.

 

But will sat in the hide spotted what I thought was a very round pea stooped down and blow me it looks like a early stone musket ball.

 

The field I was on is well know for having a battle around cromwells time.

 

I have posted a picture of todays choose projectile compared with then the ball is very round it amazing the quality of the workmanship.

 

And of course a couple of picture of the dog picking up.

 

Kind regards OTH

 

 

Cromwells musket ball

 

OTH, is that Olivers hill area near Devizes? I found a similar one in my garden. Zapp mentioned lead "concreation" which I havent heard of before. What I found, I assumed to be a ball bearing of some description but it weighs more than it looks it should weigh. You can take stuff to the museum in Devizes and they will get it evaluated, dated etc for you. Takes about a month but worth doing.

[Westcountryman]

Talking of old muntions, I was working my terrier on Salisbury plain a few years ago and he went into an overgrown mound of earth. I went in to find him, to discover a huge pile of mortar rounds, rusting away. I grabbed the dog and moved away pretty quickly!!

Edited April 22, 2010 by Westcountryman