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« on: January 24, 2010, 08:41:57 am »
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Hi All, I found a few more pics of actual findings of cannonballs my detecting buddy is shown here retreaving one in 2002.
HH.............Johnnn

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« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2010, 01:25:27 am »
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Nice!!! I've never found a whole cannon ball, just a big piece of one.  At another site I found a Confederate Ordnance fuse.

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« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2010, 01:38:11 am »
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Very nice cannonball, with electrolisys will be fantastic

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« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2010, 02:58:17 am »
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Hope to get one of those soon..am working on getting permission to hunt a property that borders a revolutionary war battlefield/fort here in S.C.....fingers crossed..LOL

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« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2010, 06:38:52 am »
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Hi Todd,
Its quite a thrill to find a ball, if you get one be sure to check the area thoroughly after all it was shot at someone/thing the surrounding areas usually have other relics too.......HH........Johnnn
Hi Festung,
Do you think "Electrolosis" will actually clean iron balls?
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« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2010, 09:18:16 am »
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Congrats on the cannonballs, Iv'e never found one, just pieces, and other C/W stuff, did get some goodies from General Braxton Braggs burnt supply wagon tho,  C/W stuff is good stuff, part of our US  history that is dissapearing fast with the urban glut Thanx for the pix

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« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2010, 09:26:45 am »
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Do you think "Electrolosis" will actually clean iron balls?
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I think... I'm sure!!
Remove big piece of rust with hammer, and electrolysis will do the rest !!

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They are mostly free of the large rust that was clinging to them I was just wondering if electrolosis would improve them I can try it..Johnnn

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« Reply #8 on: August 28, 2010, 02:46:49 am »
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Forgot to mention Johnnn...let me know if you would like some help cleaning and preserving those. It's important to get on that rust right away or it will slowly fall apart. You will notice pieces falling off every year. Obviously with more fragile or smaller iron relics they rot away much more quickly. I do electrolysis on mine and then preserve them with a special wax/stain which prevents it from rusting further, and also gives it the old look again rather than the new gray metal look. Anyhow, the offer is there, just let me know.

Here are a few of my pieces I have done myself.



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« Reply #9 on: August 28, 2010, 05:04:39 am »
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Wow I've never been luckiy enough to find one well done John

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