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Round canister ball with cast residue

 

 

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Weapons & armor > ammunition > grapeshotball > round > with cast debris
Finder: 
LuciusInvictus
Find ID: 
VT-4HH3KR98
Published: 
29.2.2024
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Period: 
Modern Times (1500 – 1900)
Dating: 
15th - 16th century AD
Material: 
Lead
Iron
Weight: 
54,02 g
Diameter: 
21,5 mm
Condition: 
Completely preserved
Detector: 
XP Deus
Country: 
Germany
County: 
Leer
Front / Cleaned with water & brush

 

 

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Jan   29.2.2024
Nice - were the lead grapeshot balls usually filled with iron? I once found 4 undamaged grapeshot-sized balls in one square meter - made of iron though, perhaps lost in a bag - I'll post them here soon.
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LuciusInvictus   29.2.2024
I honestly don't know. My collection of several was all within a few meters of each other.

 

 

 

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